1. adjective /ˈhʌmbəl/
a) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.
b) Thinking lowly of ones self; claiming little for ones self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6.
2. verb /ˈhʌmbəl/
a) To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heavens plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.
b) 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.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.
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