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t. [From Eng. base, s.] 1. To make a pike stand upon its base or lower part, by applying the latter to the ground; or, more probably, to abase or lower it. " Based his pyke." - Plutarch (1579). (Hall i well: Cont. to Lezic.) 2. To found. 44 to verify the report on which his statement was based."- Times, Nov. 16, 1877.