'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]
Words containing 'Bastardizing'
- Bastard,
- Bastardism,
- Bastardize,
- Bastardized,
- 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