verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

   "‘I have bastardised both my daughters.’"

2. 2
   declare a child to be illegitimate wordnet
3. 3
   change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bastardizebastardize

Example

More examples

"‘I have bastardised both my daughters.’"

Etymology

From bastard + -ise.

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