bastardize

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bastardize

/ˈbæstɚdaɪz/ US

verb bastardizes · bastardizing · bastardized · bastardise

British, English, Oxford, US To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate. Our law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if it be born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.
British, English, Oxford, US To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase. The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
Similar: butcher, debase, mongrelize, sophisticate, abase, adulter, adulterate, adulterize, alloy, balderdash, corrupt, bastardize
British, English, Oxford, US To beget out of wedlock. I should / have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the / firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.

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@misc{bastardize_2026,
  title = {bastardize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bastardize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}