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BASTARDIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bastardize ... he / she / it bastardizes
Past simple: bastardized
Past participle: bastardized
-ing form: bastardizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Declare a child to be illegitimate
Synonyms:
bastardise; bastardize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "bastardize" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
bastard (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)
bastardization (declaring or rendering bastard)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
Synonyms:
bastardise; bastardize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "bastardize" is one way to...):
corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bastard (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)
bastardization (an act that debases or corrupts)
