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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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(Base,) Bais, v.2 [e.m.E. base (1538), baisse, F. baisser.] tr. To lower, abase. —c1590 Fowler 146/9 (to baise my high desyre).
