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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMBASE

v.t.[en and base. ] To lower in value; to vitiate; to deprave; to impair. The virtue--of a tree embased by the ground.
I have no ignoble end--that may embase my poor judgment.
1. To degrade; to vilify.
[This word is seldom used. ]

EMBASEMENT

n.Act of depraving; depravation; deterioration.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBASE

Em *base ", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]

Defn: To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc. ; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs. ] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold. .. may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

EMBASEMENT

Em *base "ment, n. Etym: [From Embase, v. t.]

Defn: Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.