252; abasement; detrusion†; reduction.
overthrow, overset†, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion,
precipitation.
bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion†, genuflection, kowtow,
obeisance, salaam.
V. depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a
peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce,
detrude†, pitch, precipitate.
overthrow, overturn, overset†; upset, subvert, prostate, level,
fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull
down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to
the ground†; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears.
sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy,
curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the
head, bow the head; cower; recline &c (be horizontal) 213.
Adj. depressed &c v.; at a low ebb; prostrate &c (horizontal) 213;
detrusive†.
Phr. facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lat.] [Lucan].