Definition of Humle
Hum"ble (?), a.
[Compar. Humbler (?);
superl. Humblest (?).] [F., fr. L.
humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon,
Humiliate.] 1. Near the ground; not high
or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming;
as, a humble cottage.
THy humble nest built on the
ground. Cowley.
2. 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; waek; modest.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble. Jas. iv. 6.
She should be humble who would
please. Prior.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author
of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
nation. Washington.
Humble plant (Bot.), a species of
sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M.
sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to
endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield
passively to insult or humilitation; -- 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.
Hum"ble (?), a. Hornless. See
Hummel. [Scot.]
Hum"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Humbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Humbling (?).] 1. To bring low; to reduce
the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to
humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
plagues
Have humbled to all strokes. Shak.
The genius which humbled six marshals of
France. Macaulay.
2. 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 rexlexively.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.
- 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.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6.
She should be humble who would please. -Prior.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. -Washington.
- To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.
- 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 rexlexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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