EMBASES
Verb
embases
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embase
Anagrams
• bamsees
Source: Wiktionary
EMBASE
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