The Only Use of
debase
in
Wuthering Heights
- Those books, both prose and verse, are consecrated to me by other associations; and I hate to have them debased and profaned in his mouth!†
p. 219.1debased = degrade (decreased) the purity, quality, or status of something
Definition:
to degrade (decrease) the purity, quality, or status of something -- often morality or metals