'Bastardizing' definitions:

Definition of 'Bastardizing'

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]