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verbbasen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)
present singular third person basens · participle present basening · participle past basened · past basened
- ambitransitiveTo make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires; It basens to a horde of the unjust.
1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties1 more example
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.
1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186
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APA
basen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basen
MLA
“basen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basen.
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