EMBASE

embase. Embase, v.t. to impair, degrade, ob.

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Em‐base″ (?), v. t. [[Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]] To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.