'Bastardize' definitions:
Definition of 'bastardize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms [syn: bastardize, bastardise]
verb
Declare a child to be illegitimate [syn: bastardize, bastardise]
Definition of 'Bastardize'
From: GCIDE
- Bastardize \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. [1913 Webster]
- The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To beget out of wedlock. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. to change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase.
- Syn: bastardise. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'bastardize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Bastardize'
- Bastard,
- Bastardism,
- Bastardized,
- Bastardizing,
- Bastardly,
- bastardization,
- Bastard ashlar,
- Bastard eigne,
- Bastard file,
- Bastard hemp,
- Bastard manchineel,
- Bastard pennyroyal,
- Bastard plover,
- Bastard saffron,
- Bastard type,
- Bastard wing,
- bastard bar,
- bastard feverfew,
- bastard gemsbok,
- bastard indigo,
- bastard pimpernel,
- bastard ridley,
- bastard title,
- bastard toadflax,
- bastard turtle,
- bastard yellowwood,
- bastard lignum vitae