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Definition of Embasing
1. embase [v] - See also: embase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embasing
| embarred embarring embars embase embased embases embaseth embasing (current term) embastardize embastardized |
Literary usage of Embasing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house ...by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn (1855)
"In his fourteenth chapter he observes : " Copper or tin money, made ad valorem
in its matter, is no embasing; the same being only cumbersome and baser than ..."
2. The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together with the Observations by William Petty, John Graunt (1899)
"Copper or Tin Money made ad valorem in its matter, is no embasing; the same being
onely cumbersom and baser then silver money, onely because less ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... Tenth was as extravagant and prodigal in his expense, which put him on baser
shifts, than ever this King used to raise money; not by embasing the coin, ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1841)
"Pope Leo the Tenth was as extravagant and prodigal in his expense, which put him
on baser shifts than ever this king used to raise money ; not by embasing ..."
5. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (1823)
"And this may suffice concerning the second way of embasing God's ministers;
namely, by intrusting the ministry with raw, unlearned, ill-bred persons; ..."
6. Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions by Robert South (1827)
"And this may suffice concerning the second way of embasing God's ministers; ...
I proceed now to show, how the embasing of the ministers tends to the ..."
7. Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions by Robert South (1827)
"And this may suffice concerning the second way of embasing God's ministers; ...
I proceed now to show, how the embasing of the ministers tends to the ..."
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