"bastardize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbæstɚdaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bastardize.wav Forms: bastardizes [present, singular, third-person], bastardizing [participle, present], bastardized [participle, past], bastardized [past]
Etymology: From bastard + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bastard|ize}} bastard + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} bastardize (third-person singular simple present bastardizes, present participle bastardizing, simple past and past participle bastardized)
  1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
    Sense id: en-bastardize-en-verb-YLIS3oxV
  2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase. Synonyms (introduce debased elements into, to degrade): mongrelize, butcher, debase
    Sense id: en-bastardize-en-verb-qjadZVfU Disambiguation of 'introduce debased elements into, to degrade': 7 86 7
  3. To beget out of wedlock.
    Sense id: en-bastardize-en-verb-TKWLSK7G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 10 24 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 23 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bastardise Derived forms: bastardizer, embastardize, unbastardized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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