EMBA'SE, verb transitive [en and base.] To lower in value; to vitiate; to deprave; to impair. 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.]
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