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Bastardize

Bastardize Meaning & Definition
Bastardize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bastardize?

[v] declare a child to be illegitimate
[v] change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bastardize: bastardise | bastardise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bastardize: adulterate | brutalize | contaminate | corrupt | cut | debase | debauch | demoralize | denaturalize | denature | deprave | dilute | doctor | doctor up | fortify | lace | pervert | pollute | spike | tamper with | vitiate | warp | water | water down

See Also | adjudge | corrupt | debase | debauch | declare | demoralise | demoralize | deprave | hold | misdirect | pervert | profane | subvert | vitiate

Bastardize In Webster's Dictionary

\Bas"tard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastardized} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bastardizing}.] 1. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. --Blackstone. 2. To beget out of wedlock. [R.] --Shak.

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