debase

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'Twere well to let them wait To quick respond will lower dignity The British mind doth breed a rev'rence deep For form and etiquette which swift cognition Might debase, and thus we on their mental Vision might mayhap but feeble impress Make as envoys by most noble Caesar sent To rule these Isles with gravity and state.

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  1. transitive verb To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade. See Synonyms at adulterate, corrupt, degrade.

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  • And Government has to keep reserves at reasonable levels and not debase or allow banks to debase the currency, otherwise it will begin to lose gold to foreigners. —  IEHI Feed: The Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter
  • But a Pentagon-supported service group, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, has strongly opposed expanding the definition to include psychological symptoms, saying it would "debase" the honor. —  Delaware Watch
  • Look at the example mentioned of Luciana Morad who debase her self by helping Mick Jacker releasing himself in her mouth while on stage. —  Home
  • When you do that, you inevitably debase the currency. —  CounterPunch
  • Interest rates are at historic lows, an artifact of the robust, worldwide efforts to debase currencies. —  LewRockwell.com
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