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Bastardize

verb
(past & past part. bastardized; pres. part. bastardizing)
1.
Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms.  Synonym: bastardise.
2.
Declare a child to be illegitimate.  Synonym: bastardise.






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"Bastardize" Quotes from Famous Books



... was to queen Anne, is her subject; and may be guilty of high treason against her: but, in the instance of conjugal fidelity, he is not subjected to the same penal restrictions. For which the reason seems to be, that, if a queen consort is unfaithful to the royal bed, this may debase or bastardize the heirs to the crown; but no such danger can be consequent on the infidelity of the husband to ...
— Commentaries on the Laws of England - Book the First • William Blackstone



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