EMBASE

Etymology

Verb

embase (third-person singular simple present embases, present participle embasing, simple past and past participle embased)

(obsolete) Physically to lower.

(obsolete, transitive) To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate.

(obsolete) To lower the value of (a coin, commodity etc.); to debase (a coin) with alloy.

Anagrams

• Beames, Mabees, bamsee, beames

Source: Wiktionary

Em*base", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]

Definition: To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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