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Webster 1913 Edition


Dastardize

Das′tard-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dastardized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dastardizing
.]
To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit;
as, to
dastardize
my courage
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dastardize

DAS'TARDIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make cowardly.

Definition 2024


dastardize

dastardize

English

Verb

dastardize (third-person singular simple present dastardizes, present participle dastardizing, simple past and past participle dastardized)

  1. To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
    to dastardize my courage
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