abased

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O let us then most penitently lay our selves very Low before the God of Heaven, who has thus Abased us.

From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton

Nay, I will not shame The old proud Cretan castle whence I came, I will not cower before King Theseus' eyes, Abased, for want of one life's sacrifice!

From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides

Saw when in Mark's proud porch, Abased in dust the eastern crown was laid.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Abased before realities; lost to the meaning of every excellence of his life-training; shattered by psychic revolts; his brain reflecting the strange mirages and singing the vague nothings of starvation—but enumeration only dulls the picture!

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington

They scolded, railed and imprecated, Abased, defied and execrated; With malediction, ban and curse They simply went from bad to worse; Carramba!

From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)