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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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