imbase
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈbeɪs/
Verb
imbase (third-person singular simple present imbases, present participle imbasing, simple past and past participle imbased)
- Obsolete spelling of embase (“to lower”)
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
- by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
References
imbase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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