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Webster 1913 Edition
Embase
Em-base′
,Verb.
T.
[Pref.
em-
+ base
, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embase
EMBA'SE
,Verb.
T.
The virtue--of a tree embased by the ground.
I have no ignoble end--that may embase my poor judgment.
1.
To degrade; to vilify.[This word is seldom used.]