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Verb: bastardize  'bãs-tu(r),dIz
  1. Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
    - bastardise [Brit]
     
  2. Declare a child to be illegitimate
    - bastardise [Brit]

Derived forms: bastardizes, bastardizing, bastardized

Type of: adjudge, corrupt, debase, debauch, declare, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, deprave, hold, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

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