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debased

verb

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of debase

  2. Brought low

    Brought low; degraded.

    • 8), Azure, a thistle ensigned with an Imperial Crown, all proper; and its use is pretty frequent in the somewhat debased heraldry of the close of the last century and the beginning of the present.
    • 58,) and also a new crest, viz. upon a wreath argent and vert, a demi-dragon erased gules P, gorged about the loins with a ducal coronet ... 59,) are an admirable specimen of the complex and debased heraldry of the day. 1515.
    • The badge itself is a remarkable medley of objects, and another good example of the debased heraldry of Tudor days. It represents a castle with the crowned hawthorn tree of the Tudors growing in the lower ward behind the principal[…]

  3. Abased, abaissé

    Abased, abaissé: (of a charge) borne lower than usual.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:debased.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at debased. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01debased02degraded03deprived04deprivation05lack06degeneracy07degenerate08corrupt

A definitional loop anchored at debased. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at debased

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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