debase
verb (used with object)
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate.
have debased
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present perfectof debase.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has indicated that he wants his court to stand above these institutions that have debased themselves with public access.
From Slate ● May 7, 2020
Of all the creeds that have debased mankind, the new creed that would centre itself in man seems to me the poorest and the most baseless of all.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
Your name is a part of my right, a part of Gilbert's—our son's—right; it is true that you have debased the name, but we will keep it and make it honorable!
From The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor
Let us not grow over-scandalized because our men of letters of to-day have debased the value of complimentary language by squandering and exaggerating it.
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
In colour, texture and contour, the thoughts of our ancestors have debased our bodies, organically and as they are seen.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort
