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Bastardize   Listen
verb
Bastardize  v. t.  (past & past part. bastardized; pres. part. bastardizing)  
1.
To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. "The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock."
2.
To beget out of wedlock. (R.)
3.
To change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase.
Synonyms: 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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