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was abasing

  • past progressive
    of abase.
    abase
    verb (used with object)
    to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.

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Jack’s honest nature was abasing itself before his friend.

From Those Dale Girls by Frank Weston Carruth

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