Found 2 items, similar to Bastardize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bastardize bastardize v 1: change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms [syn: bastardise] 2: declare a child to be illegitimate [syn: bastardise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bastardize Bastardize \Bas"tard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastardized (?); 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. [1913 Webster] The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. To beget out of wedlock. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. to change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase. Syn: bastardise. [WordNet 1.5]