† Embasing vbl. sb.

Obs. [f. prec. + -ING¹.] The action of the verb EMBASE, in various senses.

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1551. Robinson, trans. More’s Utop. (Arb.), 59, marg. Enhauncynge and imbasyng of coyne.

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1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 46. Peruse you y^e Psalmes … you finde in them … humilitie, knowledge, and embacyng of a mans selfe.

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1653. Milton, Hirelings (1659), 130. The frequent imbasing of his [som gentlemans] sons with illiterate and narrow principles.

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1752. Carte, Hist. Eng., III. 242. As to the embasing of the coin.

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