Abasa, an island in the Red Sea, near Abyss in i a, Abase

a. [Fr. abai er.] To cast down, to depre , to bring low; almost always in a figurative and personal sense. "Behold every one that is proud, and abase him." -Job xl. 11. Abased', or Abai e, lowered, humbled. (Her.) The wings of eagles, ., when the tip inclines downwards to the point of the shield, or when the wings are shut.