verb

1. To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of

2. To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Synonyms: abase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humiliate, lower, mortify

adjective

1. (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.

2. Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness

verb

1. Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.

2. To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.

Synonyms: poll