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embasement

noun

Etymology

From embase + -ment.

  1. derived from βάσις
  2. derived from basis
  3. derived from base
  4. inherited from base
  5. prefixed as embase — “en + base”
  6. suffixed as embasement — “embase + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of bringing down

    The act of bringing down; lowering or deterioration.

    • There is dross, alloy, and embasement in all human tempers; and he flieth without wings, who thinks to find ophir or pure metal in any.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA