bastardize

bas·tard·ize  (bstr-dz)

tr.v. bas·tard·ized, bas·tard·iz·ing, bas·tard·iz·es

1. To lower in quality or character; debase.

2. To declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard.

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bastard·i·zation (-tr-d-zshn) n.

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bastardize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised

1. to debase

2. to declare illegitimate

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bastardize - change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms bastardise corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
	2.	bastardize - declare a child to be illegitimate bastardise adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"