Definition of humble:
"thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley."
(v) :
to bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to
abase; to
humiliate; to make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively
"here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak."