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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“Is Bagheera,” said the Black Panther, and his jaws shut with a snap, for he did not believe in being humble.
“May it please your Majesty,” said Two, in a very humble tone, going down on one knee as he spoke, “we were trying—”
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.
“The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her Ladyship’s residence.”
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