arch. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] In senses of the verb.
1652. Benlowes, Theoph., II. xxi. 26. Your glorious Nature’s by embasing Sin brought low.
a. 1665. J. Goodwin, Filled w. the Spirit (1867), 423. It is a matter of … imbasing nature to the creature man.
1844. Ld. Houghton, Mem. Many Scenes, 130. And would my spirit from earth’s embasing rule Were in this moment riven.
