bastardize
VerbSynonyms:
bastardise
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)bastardized, bastardizing
- change something so that its value declines; for example, art formsSynonyms: bastardiseMore general corrupt, pervert
- declare a child to be illegitimateSynonyms: bastardiseMore general declare, adjudge
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bas′tard·ize (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Bastardized (…); present participle & verbal noun Bastardizing.]
1. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.— Blackstone, Sir William
2. To beget out of wedlock. rare William Shakespeare
3. to change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase. Syn. — bastardise.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5