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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

avile en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
    • Want makes us know the price of what we avile. 1610, Ben Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aviled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aviled Tense=Past lexicographic
aviling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aviles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

degrade · dirty · devalue · devaluate · debase · debauch · degrade · vitiate · devalue · debauch · abase · avile · elevate · depreciate