avile

A1V4I1L1E1

verb

To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.

Scrabble 8

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verbavile (third-person singular simple present aviles, present participle aviling, simple past and past participle aviled)

present singular third person aviles · participle present aviling · participle past aviled · past aviled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.

    Want makes us know the price of what we avile.

    1610, Ben Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers

    Synonyms: debauch, degrade, devalue, abase, debase, debauch, degrade, depreciate

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