Definitions for: Bastardize


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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: bastardise, bastardise

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

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