Em-bāse', v. t.

v. t. [Prefix em, for en, and base, q. v.] To bring down or lower, as in position, value, &c.; to debase; to degrade; to deprave. [Obs.]

Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester.

To please the best, and the evil to embase. Spencer.

Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.