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Definition of Abashes
1. abash [v] - See also: abash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abashes
Literary usage of Abashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1898)
"Wherefore Paul does both: here he abashes, saying, "Know ye not that we shall
judge angels?" there again he terrifies, saying, "Know ye not that the ..."
2. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"... for if it sometimes checks the expression of honest disapproval, it also
restrains jealousy, abashes self-seeking, prevents recrimination. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"Death which abashes, which bolts up, which causes sleep, which never causes or
allows of ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Landor has the presence that abashes companions. His manner of speech is more
dignified, more ceremonial, his enunciation is more resonant, his accent more ..."
5. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"... dishearten Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong.
The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth; the ignorant, ..."
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