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   Humble , a. [Compar. Humbler ; superl. Humblest .] [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
   Near the ground; not high or lofty.
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   Thy humble nest built on the ground.
   Cowley.
   
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   Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; modest; as, a humble cottage. Used to describe objects.
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   Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; weak; modest. Used to describe people.
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   God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
   Jas. iv. 6.
   
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   She should be humble who would please.
   Prior.
   
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   Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
   Washington.
   
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   Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.
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   Humble , a. Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
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   Humble , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling .]
   To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
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   Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
   Have humbled to all strokes.
   Shak.
   
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   The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
   Macaulay.
   
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   To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
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   Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
   1 Pet. v. 6.
   Syn. -- To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade.
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