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Definition of Bastardising
1. bastardise [v] - See also: bastardise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastardising
Literary usage of Bastardising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords by John Fraser Macqueen (1842)
"Bastardising Clause inserted in the Act as passed. THE petitioner, in May 1793,
having been ordered on H. M's. service to the Mediterranean, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland by William Gillespie Dickson, John Skelton (1864)
"... and contained a clause bastardising the child. But in M'Lean's divorce
bill (1851, 1 Macq., 278), where it was dearly proved that the wife had committed ..."
3. Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis: Consisting of Original Papers and Documents by Donald Gregory, Iona club, Edinburgh, William Forbes Skene (1847)
"... and to the rival branches of that great Clan, must be received with great
caution. The bastardising of Dugall, reputed to be the progenitor of the ..."
4. History of the Macdonalds and Lords of the Isles: With Genealogies of the by Alexander Mackenzie (1881)
"The bastardising of Dugall reputed to be the progenitor of the MacDougalls.
is a good illustration of the above remarks, for there is no doubt whatever that ..."
5. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"... intercrossing and bastardising with the la-t-born descendants of the parent
form, becomes rarer, copulation taking place by preference with specimens of ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by John Scott Eldon, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1822)
"... so they have a more temporal consequence, and may tend to the bastardising of
children. With these reasons the committee was satisfied, but, ..."
7. The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Kelly, Walter Keating (1854)
"For a while Boris entertained the design of bastardising Dmitri, on the ground
that he was the son of Ivan's seventh wife, such a union being contrary to ..."
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