humble

  1. Adjective.  Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
  2. Adjective.  Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.
  3. Verb.  To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
  4. Verb.  To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

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