Bastardize

Origin

bastard + -ize

Alternative forms

• bastardise

Full definition of bastardize

Verb

1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. — Blackstone.
2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase.
3. To introduce debased elements into.
4. To beget out of wedlock.

Synonyms

• (introduce debased elements into) mongrelize