Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bases"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basis \Ba"sis\, n.; pl. {Bases}. [L. basis, Gr. ?. See {Base},
n.]
1. The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
--Dryden.
2. The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.]
If no basis bear my rising name. --Pope.
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