bastardize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
To beget out of wedlock.

/ˈbæstɚdaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bastardize.wav

bastardize bastardizes bastardizing bastardized bastardise

From bastard + -ize.

butcher debase mongrelize sophisticate abase adulter adulterate adulterize alloy balderdash corrupt bastardize dash dilute embase

bastardizer embastardize unbastardized

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