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English Dictionary: Basis. by the DICT Development Group
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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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