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disbasing

disbasing is the present participle and gerund of disbase.

Meaning of disbase

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

Questions about disbasing

What is disbasing the present participle and gerund of?
Disbasing is the present participle and gerund of disbase.

Words near disbasing in the dictionary

  1. disbarrings
  2. disbars
  3. disbase
  4. disbased
  5. disbases
  6. disbasing
  7. disbecame
  8. disbecome
  9. disbecomes
  10. disbecoming
  11. disbelief

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