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To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.

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  1. v. t. To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.
  2. 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.
  3. 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, butit embaseth it. Bacon.Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but toembase divinity. South.
  4. v. t. To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate.