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Definition of Imbase
1. v. t. See Embase.
2. v. i. To diminish in value.
Definition of Imbase
1. Verb. (obsolete) To diminish in value. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbase
1. embase [v IMBASED, IMBASING, IMBASES] - See also: embase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbase
Literary usage of Imbase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"Now, my lords, to imbase the king's coin, if it be but six-pence or twelve-pence,
it is treason by ... What is it, then, to imbase our spirits, my lords? ..."
2. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"Now, my lords, to imbase the king's coin, if it be but sixpence or ... What is
it, then, to imbase our spirits, my lords? Truly it is a matter of great ..."
3. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"What is it, then, to imbase our spirits, my lords? Truly it is a matter of great
importance. Fifthly, it doth disable the king and makes him unfit to deal ..."
4. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"Now, my lords, to imbase the king's coin, if it be but six-pence or twelve-pence,
it is treason by ... What is it, then, to imbase our spirits, my lords? ..."
5. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... or yet imbase her self in respect of me, poore silly soule ! but what if she
would be contented, either in respecte of mariage, or otherwise in respecte ..."
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