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.
  
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            Thy humble nest built on the ground.  --Cowley.
     
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   2. Not pretentious or magnificent;
         unpretending; unassuming;
      modest; as, a humble
         cottage. Used to describe objects.
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           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.
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            God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
            humble.                               --Jas. iv. 6.
    
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            She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
     
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            Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
            our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
            nation.                               --Washington.
    
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   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.
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