<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>not proud or arrogant; modest.</li><li>having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.</li><li>low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc.; lowly.</li><li>courteously respectful.</li><li>low in height, level, etc.; small in size.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase.</li><li>to destroy the independence, power, or will of.</li><li>to make meek.</li></ul>