enhumble

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

en- +‎ humble

Verb[edit]

enhumble (third-person singular simple present enhumbles, present participle enhumbling, simple past and past participle enhumbled)

  1. To make humble; to humble
    • 1954, National Society, Sons of Utah Pioneers, Presentation and Unveiling of the Statue of Daniel Cowan Jackling: Presented to the State of Utah. Proceedings in the Rotunda, Utah State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 14, 1954:
      He has spoken intimately of his reverence for nature and her laws, and of how man is at once enhumbled before her majesty and ennobled by being a part of her.