'Villanize' definitions:

Definition of 'Villanize'

From: GCIDE
  • Villanize \Vil"lan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Villanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Villanizing.] To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Were virtue by descent, a noble name Could never villanize his father's fame. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]