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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
basis
n 1: a relation that provides the foundation for something "they
were on a friendly footing" or "he worked on an interim
basis" [syn: {footing}, {ground}]
2: the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the
whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {base},
{foundation}, {fundament}, {groundwork}, {cornerstone}]
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