bastardize
verb/ˈbæstɚdaɪz/US
Etymology
From bastard + -ize.
Definitions
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
- Our law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if it be born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or…
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
- The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
To beget out of wedlock.
- I should / have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the / firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bastardize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA