bastardize
(verb)
verb
1. change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
Similar word(s): bastardise
Definition categories: social, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate
2. declare a child to be illegitimate
Similar word(s): bastardise
Definition categories: communication, adjudge, declare, hold
Sentences with bastardize as a verb:
- The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. — Blackstone.
- The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.