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basen

basen verb: to make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.

Verb

basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
    • If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186
    • The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires;
      It basens to a horde of the unjust.1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties

Forms of basen

third-person singular presentbasens
present participlebasening
past participlebasened
pastbasened

Origin of basen

From base (adjective) + -en.

Words formed from basen

Questions about basen

What does basen mean?
Basen means to make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
What part of speech is basen?
Basen is a verb.
What is the past tense of basen?
The past tense of basen is basened.

Words near basen in the dictionary

  1. basements
  2. basementsful
  3. basementward
  4. basementwards
  5. basementy
  6. basen
  7. basename
  8. basenames
  9. basened
  10. baseness
  11. basenesses

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