RhymeZone: embase definitions

Definitions of embase:

verb: (obsolete, transitive) To lower physically.
verb: (archaic, transitive) To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate.
verb: (archaic, transitive) To lower the value of (a coin, commodity etc.); to debase (a coin) with alloy.

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