pple. Obs. rare–1. Of uncertain formation and meaning; the Parker Soc. editor explains ‘basted’ or steeped.
a. 1555. Philpot, trans. Curio’s Def., in Wks. (1842), 375. The Holy Ghost, which may not … permit the same [Scriptures] notwithstanding to be oppressed with superstition, and to be enbasted [L. imbui] with vain opinions.
