Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
embase .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
embase . - intransitive verb obsolete To diminish in value.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To diminish in value.
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Examples
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And as nothing doth derogate from the dignity of a state more than confusion of degrees, so it doth not a little imbase the authority of a history to intermingle matters of triumph, or matters of ceremony, or matters of novelty, with matters of state.
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And as nothing doth derogate from the dignity of a state more than confusion of degrees, so it doth not a little imbase the authority of a history to intermingle matters of triumph, or matters of ceremony, or matters of novelty, with matters of state.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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[386] The verb "embase" or "imbase" is frequently found in the sense of
The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578
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