Definitions For Embase

Verb

embas (obsolete) Physically to lower. : Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. — Sylvester. (obsolete, transitive) To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate. : Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. — South. (obsolete) To lower the value of (a coin, commodity etc.); to debase (a coin) with alloy. : Alloy in coin of gold {{...}} may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. — Francis Bacon.

Etymology

from en + alt1=em + base. compare {{cog + fro + embaissier}}.

Anagrams

Beames, Mabees, bamsee, beames

Is Embase a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Embase is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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