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bastardize
bas·tard·ize
/
ˈbæs
tərˌdaɪz
/
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bas
-ter-dahyz
]
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verb,
bas·tard·ized,
bas·tard·iz·ing.
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.
Also,
especially British,
bas·tard·ise.
Origin:
1580–90;
bastard
+
-ize
Related forms
bas·tard·i·za·tion,
noun
un·bas·tard·ized,
adjective
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bastardize
or
bastardise
(ˈbɑːstəˌdaɪz, ˈbæs-, ˈbɑːstəˌdaɪz, ˈbæs-)
—
vb
1.
to debase; corrupt
2.
archaic
to declare illegitimate
bastardise
or
bastardise
—
vb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
bastardize
1610s, "to identify as a bastard," from
bastard
(q.v.) +
-ize
. The figurative sense, "to make degenerate, debase" is earlier (1580s), probably because bastard also was serving as a verb meaning "to declare illegitimate" (1540s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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