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.
Em*base"ment (?), n. [From Embase, v. t.] Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.
Em"bas*sade (?), n. [F. ambassade. See Embassy.] An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.
Em*bas"sa*dor (?), n. [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.] Same as Ambassador.
Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,
Was sent to Corinth.
Chaucer.
Myself my king's embassador will go.
Dryden.
Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. ambassadorial.] Same as Ambassadorial.
Em*bas"sa*dress (?), n. [Cf. F. ambassadrice.] Same as Ambassadress.
Em*bas"sa*dry (?), n. [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.] Embassy. [Obs.] Leland.
Em"bas*sage (?; 48), n. 1. An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.
Except your embassages have better success.
Motley.