verb
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To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
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To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
noun
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An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
adjective
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Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.
verb
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Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.
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To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.
Examples of humbling in a Sentence
Alexander henceforth did his best for his country by humbling himself before the Tatars so as to give them no pretext for ravaging the land again.
It's really been humbling to work with such fashion icons and bring their take to TOMS," says Mycoskie.
Usibepu, having created a formidable force of well-armed and trained warriors, and being left in independence on the borders of Cetywayo's territory, viewed with displeasure the re-installation of his former king, and Cetywayo was desirous of humbling his relative.
On top of these regular humbling experiences, clubs are often ill-prepared to cater for our large number of traveling fans.
When you're older, you may not appreciate working 24/7 or the humbling process of asking for investment funds.
It began with the defeat of the Brazilian army by the Argentine forces, and this entirely through the incapacity of the commander-in-chief; and misunderstandings, afterwards compensated by humbling money-payments on the part of Brazil, arose with the United States, France and England on account of merchant vessels captured by the Brazilian squadron blockading Buenos Aires.
Kind of humbling, don't you think?
Quarrelling with the Venetians In 1508, he combined the forces of all Europe by the league of Cambray against them; and, when he had succeeded in his first purpose of humbling them even to the dust, he turned round in 1510, uttered his famous resolve to expel the barbarians from Italy, and pitted the Spaniards against the French.