humble
/ˈhʌmbəl/ verb C1- To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
- To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
He/she/it humbles · Past humbled · Past participle humbled · -ing form humbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- humble
- He/she/it
- humbles
- Past
- humbled
- Past participle
- humbled
- -ing form
- humbling
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Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
She had even condescended to advise him to marry as soon as he could, provided he chose with discretion; and had once paid him a visit in his humble parsonage, where she had perfectly approved all the alterations he had been making, and had even vouchsafed to suggest some herself,--some shelves in the closets upstairs.
“You are very humble today,” remarked the governor; “you are not so always; the other day, for instance, when you tried to kill the turnkey.”
Still, I’ll never be good at it and I assure you it is a humbling reflection.
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