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mon⋅grel⋅ize

  [muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong-]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, esp. with one considered inferior.
2. to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things).
3. to make debased or impure: The French they speak is mongrelized.
Also, especially British, mon⋅grel⋅ise.

Origin:
1620–30; mongrel + -ize

Related forms:
mon⋅grel⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
mon⋅grel⋅iz⋅er, noun
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mon·grel·ize   (mŭng'grə-līz', mŏng'-)   
tr.v.   mon·grel·ized, mon·grel·iz·ing, mon·grel·iz·es
To make mongrel in race, nature, or character.
mon'grel·i·za'tion (-grə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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