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basening

basening is the present participle and gerund of basen.

Meaning of basen

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

Questions about basening

What is basening the present participle and gerund of?
Basening is the present participle and gerund of basen.

Words near basening in the dictionary

  1. basened
  2. baseness
  3. basenesses
  4. basenet
  5. basenets
  6. basening
  7. basenji
  8. basenjis
  9. baseonemoside
  10. basepair
  11. basepaired

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