embase

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lower physically. obsolete,transitive
    — [God had] Embast the valleys, and embost the hills.
  2. To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate. archaic,transitive
    — And either vowd with all their power and witt To let not others honour be defaste Of friend or foe, who ever it embaste […]
  3. To lower the value of (a coin, commodity etc.); to debase (a coin) with alloy. archaic,transitive
    — Alloy in coin of gold […] may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.

词形变化

embases present,singular,third-person embasing participle,present embased participle,past embased past imbase alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
embasement

词源

From em- + base. Compare Old French embaissier.
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