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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Villanize

· Vil·lan·ize · IPA
01 v. t. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
imp. & p. p. Villanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Villanizing
  1. 1.
    To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.[R.]
    “Were virtue by descent, a noble name Could never villanize his father's fame.” Dryden.