† emˈbassiate Obs.
Also 5 inbasset, 6 embasset, embasiate.
[var. of ambassiate, q.v.]
= embassy.
| a 1400 Cov. Myst. 112 In thyn hey inbasset, Lord, I xal go. 14.. Lydg. Thebes (E.E.T.S.) 1848 With hool thempris of the embassyat. c 1470 Henry Wallace vi. 134 An inbasset to bryng ane uncouth queyne. 1513 More Rich. III Wks. 58/2 He sent ouer in embassiate, the Erle of warwike. Ibid. 60 Embasiate. 1530 Palsgr., Embasset, embassade. |