Obs. [f. ABASE v. + -URE; of Eng. formation, after words like eras-ure, seiz-ure.] The action of abasing; the condition of being abased; humiliation.
1653. Manton, Ep. James ii. 1, Wks. 1871, IV. 181. They offered injury and contumely to them, because of their outward abasure and despicableness.
1671. Flavel, Fount. of Life, xix. 55. And it was no small Abasure of Christ to bind himself to the Law as a Subject made under.
