Debased
81base — I adj Low in place or position; inferior; servile; of subordinate degree; impure, adulterated, or alloyed @ base animal See animal @ base bullion Base silver bullion is silver in bars mixed to a greater or less extent with alloys or base… …
82base — I adj Low in place or position; inferior; servile; of subordinate degree; impure, adulterated, or alloyed @ base animal See animal @ base bullion Base silver bullion is silver in bars mixed to a greater or less extent with alloys or base… …
83debase — [dē bās′, dibās′] vt. debased, debasing [ DE + base, aphetic < ABASE] to make lower in value, quality, character, dignity, etc.; cheapen SYN. DEGRADE debasement n. debaser n. SYN. DEBASE implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity …
84degraded — adjective 1. lowered in value the dollar is low a debased currency • Syn: ↑debased, ↑devalued • Similar to: ↑low 2. unrestrained by convention or morality Congr …
85devalued — adjective lowered in value the dollar is low a debased currency • Syn: ↑debased, ↑degraded • Similar to: ↑low …
86de|base|ment — «dih BAYS muhnt», noun. 1. a debasing or a being debased: »the debasement of silver money by increasing the amount of alloy in it. 2. anything that debases or is debased. 3. Obsolete. abasement …
87de|base — «dih BAYS», transitive verb, based, bas|ing. to make low or lower; lessen the value of: »He debased himself and his character by evil actions. The country s paper money was debased when the government could no longer give the full amount of gold… …
88APOSTASY — APOSTASY, term applied by members of the deserted faith for the change of one faith, set of loyalties, and worship for another. The conception of apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of …
89ḤEREM — (Heb. חֵרֶם), the status of that which is separated from common use or contact either because it is proscribed as an abomination to God or because it is consecrated to Him (cf. Ar., ḥaruma, be forbidden, become sacred ; ḥaram, holy precinct ;… …
90MINTMASTERS AND MONEYERS — In the Middle Ages rulers tended to lease the right of minting coins to mintmasters or to grant and sell the right to their territorial vassals, who themselves employed such mintmasters. Jews carried out this prestigious and profitable enterprise …
