A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ABASE

Wed, 25 Jan '23
Cut down to size
Sun, 1 May '22
Demean
Sun, 2 Jan '22
Bring down
Tue, 23 Nov '21
Humiliate
Fri, 14 May '21
Shame
Wed, 21 Apr '21
Put to shame