\Em*base"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF.
embaissier.]
To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to
debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]
      Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills.
                                               --Sylvester.
      Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the
      better, but it embaseth it.              --Bacon.
      Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for
      nothing but to embase divinity.          --South.