Basen
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower ambitransitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From base (adjective) + -en.
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