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abastardize
† abastardize, -ise, v. ? Obs. (əˈbɑːstədaɪz, -æ-) [f. Fr. abastard-ir, -iss-ant: see prec. The term. -ise representing the -iss- of the extended stem in Fr. has been refashioned after vbs. in -ize. Cf. amortize.] To render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, or deteriorate.1580 Hollyband T...
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bastardize
bastardize, v. (ˈbɑːstədaɪz, -æ-) Also 7 bastardize. [f. bastard + -ize: cf. F. abastardir, -iss-, Eng. abastardize, and bastard v.] 1. trans. To declare or stigmatize as bastard.1611 Cotgr., Abastardir, to bastardise. 1631 W. Saltonstall Pict. Loq. E ij b, His ielous thoughts are ready to bastardiz...
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imbastardize
† imˈbastardize, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. im-1 + bastardize. Cf. It. imbastardire, obs. F. embastardir; also bastardize, abastardize.] trans. To render bastard or degenerate.1649 Milton Eikon. Pref., Imbastardiz'd from the ancient Nobleness of thir Ancestors.
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