† aˈbastard, v. Obs.
[ad. Fr. abastardir (as old as 12th c.) from à prep. + bastard. Cf. OSp. abastardar.]
prop. To make or declare bastard or illegitimate: hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, corrupt, deteriorate.
| 1610 Donne Pseudo-Martyr 226. §6 In some of the meane Parents by the way there may be fallacies which may corrupt & Abastard it. 1651 Life of Father Sarpi 86 (1676) They further insinuated that the Roman Religion was insensibly abastarded. |