2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
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.
EMBASSADE
Em"bas*sade, n. Etym: [F. ambassade. See Embassy.]
Defn: An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.
EMBASSADOR Em*bas"sa*dor, n. Etym: [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.]
Defn: Same as Ambassador.
Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer.
Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden.
EMBASSADORIAL
Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ambassadorial.]