bace

See also: bacë

English

Etymology 1

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (“to beat soundly”)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (“a beating, flogging”), Swedish basa (“to beat, flog”), Danish bask (“a lash, blow”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, flap”). Cognate with Scots baiss (“to beat, drub”). More at bash, box.

Noun

bace (plural baces)

  1. (rare) A blow; a drubbing.

Etymology 2

Noun

bace (plural baces)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Adjective

bace (comparative more bace, superlative most bace)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Verb

bace (third-person singular simple present baces, present participle bacing, simple past and past participle baced)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bærs, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bars/, /bas/, /baːs/

Noun

bace

  1. bass (fish)
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French bas.

Adjective

bace

  1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 3

From Old French base.

Noun

bace

  1. Alternative form of base

Romanian

Noun

bace f pl

  1. plural of bacă
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