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Webster 1913 Edition


Bastardize

Bas′tard-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bastardized
([GREEK]);
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bastardize

B'ASTARDIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make or prove to be a bastard; to convict of being a bastard; to declare legally, or decide a person to be illegitimate.
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The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten,in lawful wedlock.
2.
To beget a bastard.

Definition 2024


bastardize

bastardize

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Verb

bastardize (third-person singular simple present bastardizes, present participle bastardizing, simple past and past participle bastardized)

  1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
    The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.
  2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase.
    The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
  3. To introduce debased elements into.
  4. To beget out of wedlock.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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