disbase en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪsˈbeɪs/
Etymology
From dis- + base. Compare debase.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To debase or degrade.
Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbas'd myself.
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disbases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disbased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disbased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disbasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |