Meaning of BASTARDIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'bastur`dIz
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- [v] declare a child to be illegitimate
- [v] change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
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| | Synonyms: | | bastardise, bastardise |
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| | See Also: | | adjudge, corrupt, debase, debauch, declare, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, hold, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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