To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially, To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness, To lower in rank or grade; demote, transitive verb_ To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value, To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc, To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture