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basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186:
If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.
1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties:
The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires;
It basens to a horde of the unjust.
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From English freebase. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
basen
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) to inhale or insufflate (heated cocaine)
Conjugation of basen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | basen | |||
past singular | basede | |||
past participle | gebased | |||
infinitive | basen | |||
gerund | basen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | base | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | baset, base2 | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | baset | basede | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | baset | basede | ||
3rd person singular | baset | basede | ||
plural | basen | baseden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | base | basede | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | basen | baseden | ||
imperative sing. | base | |||
imperative plur.1 | baset | |||
participles | basend | gebased | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
basen
basen
- Alternative form of basyn
basen m
basen m
Borrowed from French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.
basen m inan (diminutive basenik)
basen
- inflection of basar:
basen
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasan/, /ˈbəsɛn/, /ˈbəsan/, /sɛn/, /san/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəsɛn/, /sɛn/
- Rhymes: -asɛn
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