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bastardize

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Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

bas=tard=ize

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb bastardize has 2 senses

bastardize(v = verb.social) bastardise - change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms; Array

is one way to corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

Derived forms noun bastard₃, noun bastardization₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

bastardize(v = verb.communication) bastardise - declare a child to be illegitimate; Array

is one way to adjudge, declare, hold

Derived forms noun bastard₂, noun bastardization₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bastardize, v. t.

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. [1913 Webster]
"The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock." [1913 Webster]
To beget out of wedlock. Shak. [1913 Webster]
to change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bastardize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 declare (a person) illegitimate.
2 corrupt, debase.

Derivative

bastardization n.

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THESAURUS

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

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