Definitions for embase
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Embaseverb

   Etymology: from base.

   1. To vitiate; to depauperate; to lower; to deprave; to impair.

   Grains are annual, so that the virtue of the seed is not worn out; whereas in a tree it is embased by the ground. Francis Bacon.

   I have no service or ignoble end in my present labour, which may, on either side, restrain or embase the freedom of my poor judgment. Henry Wotton.

   I will rather chuse to wear a crown of thorns, than to exchange that of gold for one of lead, whose embased flexibleness shall be forced to bend. Charles I .

   A pleasure high, rational, and angelical; a pleasure embased with no appendant sting; but such a one as being honey in the mouth, never turns to gall or gravel in the belly. South.

   2. To degrade; to vilify.

   Joy of my life, full oft for loving you
   I bless my lot, that was so lucky plac’d;
   But then the more your own mishap I rue,
   That are so much by so mean love embas’d. Edmund Spenser, Sonn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embase

   Embase (often styled EMBASE for Excerpta Medica dataBASE) is a biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database of published literature designed to support information managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatory requirements of a licensed drug. Embase, produced by Elsevier, contains over 32 million records from over 8,500 currently published journals from 1947 to the present. Through its international coverage, daily updates, and drug indexing with EMTREE, Embase enables tracking and retrieval of drug information in the published literature. Each record is fully indexed and Articles in Press are available for some records and In Process are available for all records, ahead of full indexing. Embase's international coverage expands across biomedical journals from 95 countries and is available through a number of database vendors.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embaseverb

   to bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate

2. Etymology: [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]

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1. EMBASE

   Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to support information managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatory requirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage, frequent updates, and deep drug indexing, Embase enables tracking and precise retrieval of drug adverse events in the published literature. Embase is produced by Elsevier and contains over 25 million records from 1947 to the present. Each record is fully indexed and Articles in Press are available for some records and In Process are available for all records, ahead of full indexing. Embase covers over 7,600 biomedical journals from 90 countries and it is available online through a number of database vendors.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embase

   em-bāz′, v.t. (obs.) to bring down: to degrade.—p.adj. Embased′.—n. Embase′ment. [Em and base.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of embase in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of embase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=embase
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embase
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embase
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=embase
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=embase