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embastardize

verb

Etymology

From em- + bastardize.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to tie, bind”
  2. derived from *banstuz✻ — “bond, connection, relationship, marriage with a second woman of lower status”
  3. derived from *bāst✻ — “marriage, relationship”
  4. derived from bastardus
  5. derived from bastard
  6. inherited from bastard
  7. inherited from bastard
  8. suffixed as bastardize — “bastard + ize”
  9. prefixed as embastardize — “en + bastardize”

Definitions

  1. To bastardize.

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