[bas-ter-dahyz] 
verb, -ized, iz⋅ing.| 1. | to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms. |
| 2. | to declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard. |
| 3. | Australian. to harass or humiliate as part of initiation into a college or regiment. |
| 4. | to become debased. |
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