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verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become debased.
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