01 v. t. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
imp. & p. p.
Bastardized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bastardizing
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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.” — Blackstone.
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2.
To beget out of wedlock.[R.]
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3.
to change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase.
Syn.
bastardise.