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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Humble \Hum"ble\ (h[u^]m"b'l; 277), a. [Compar. {Humbler} (h[u^]m"bl[~e]r); superl. {Humblest} (h[u^]m"bl[e^]st).] [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. [1913 Webster] Thy humble nest built on the ground. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 2. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; modest; as, a humble cottage. Used to describe objects. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. --Jas. iv. 6. [1913 Webster] She should be humble who would please. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. --Washington. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Humble \Hum"ble\, a. Hornless. See {Hummel}. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Humble \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. [1913 Webster] Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The genius which humbled six marshals of France. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: humble adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {lowly}, {modest}, {small}] 2: marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski [ant: {proud}] 3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: {humble}, {menial}, {lowly}] 4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {baseborn}, {humble}, {lowly}] v 1: cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" 2: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: {humiliate}, {mortify}, {chagrin}, {humble}, {abase}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: humble /ybl/ humble