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bace

bace noun: a blow; a drubbing. Also the obsolete form of base.

Noun

bace (plural baces)

  1. (rare) A blow; a drubbing.

Also used as

bace is also the obsolete form of base.

Forms of bace

Noun
pluralbaces
Adjective
comparativemore bace
superlativemost bace
Verb
third-person singular presentbaces
present participlebacing
past participlebaced
pastbaced

Origin of bace

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.

Questions about bace

What does bace mean?
Bace means a blow; a drubbing.
What part of speech is bace?
Bace is a noun.
What is the plural of bace?
The plural of bace is baces.

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