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Humiliate
Pronunciation : Hu*mil"i*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble.]
Definition : Defn: To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify. We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold.
t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Humiliating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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