imbase

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbeɪs/

imbase (third-person singular simple present imbases, present participle imbasing, simple past and past participle imbased)

1. Obsolete spelling of embase (“to lower”)
   • 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:

     by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value

“imbase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• I-beams, Mabies, abimes, ambies