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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bastardize \Bas"tard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastardized} (?); p. pr & vb n. {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. 2. To beget out of wedlock. [R.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bastardize v 1: change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms [syn: {bastardise}] 2: declare a child to be illegitimate
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