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

Derived forms: bastardising, bastardises, bastardised

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

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