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hum·ble (hum′bəl)

adjective humbler -·bler, humblest -·blest

  1. having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings; not proud; not self-assertive; modest
  2. low in condition, rank, or position; lowly; unpretentious a humble home

Etymology: ME < OFr < L humilis, low, small, slight, akin to humus, soil, earth: see humus

transitive verb humbled -·bled, humbling -·bling

  1. to lower in condition, rank, or position; abase
  2. to lower in pride; make modest or humble in mind

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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