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humiliate(dictionary)

humiliate (iou)



humiliate verb trans. M16.
[Late Latin humiliat- pa. ppl stem of humiliare, from humilis HUMBLE adjective1: see -ATE3.]
Make humble in position, state, or feeling; humble. Long rare. M16.
Robert Burton How much we ought to..examine and humiliate our selves.
Injure the dignity or self-respect of. M18.
J. Galsworthy It was humiliating to be treated like a child! R. P. Graves Housman was bitterly humiliated by his failure.
humiliatingly adverb in a humiliating manner L18.
humiliator noun (rare) a person who humiliates another M19.