† disˈbase, v. Obs. rare.
[f. dis- 5 + base v.1: cf. abase, debase.]
trans. = debase.
| a 1592 Greene Alphonsus Dram. Wks. II. 56 First I will die in the thickest of the foe Before I will disbase mine honour so. 1601 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i, Before I disbased [v.r. disbast] myself, from my hood and my farthingal to these bum-rowls and your whale-bone bodice. |