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disbase

/dɪsˈbeɪs/

disbase verb: to debase or degrade.

Verb

disbase (third-person singular simple present disbases, present participle disbasing, simple past and past participle disbased)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To debase or degrade.
    • Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbas'd myself.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii

Forms of disbase

third-person singular presentdisbases
present participledisbasing
past participledisbased
pastdisbased

Origin of disbase

From dis- + base. Compare debase.

Questions about disbase

What does disbase mean?
Disbase means to debase or degrade.
What part of speech is disbase?
Disbase is a verb.
How do you pronounce disbase?
Disbase is pronounced /dɪsˈbeɪs/.
What is the past tense of disbase?
The past tense of disbase is disbased.

Words near disbase in the dictionary

  1. disbarrer
  2. disbarrers
  3. disbarring
  4. disbarrings
  5. disbars
  6. disbase
  7. disbased
  8. disbases
  9. disbasing
  10. disbecame
  11. disbecome

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