To debase; to lower; to degrade.
To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset).
To mortify.
To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
resources; means.
demesne.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
To blacken.
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.