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Definition of Bastardize
1. Verb. Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms.
Generic synonyms: Corrupt, Debase, Debauch, Demoralise, Demoralize, Deprave, Misdirect, Pervert, Profane, Subvert, Vitiate
Derivative terms: Bastard, Bastardisation, Bastard, Bastardization
2. Verb. Declare a child to be illegitimate.
Generic synonyms: Adjudge, Declare, Hold
Derivative terms: Bastard, Bastard, Bastardization
Definition of Bastardize
1. v. t. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
Definition of Bastardize
1. Verb. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate. ¹
2. Verb. To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase. ¹
3. Verb. To introduce debased elements into. ¹
4. Verb. To beget out of wedlock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bastardize
1. [v -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastardize
Literary usage of Bastardize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... Nottingham's decision on Lord Purbeck's case—Resolution of Lords' committee
no judgment—Attempted act to bastardize the claimant's ancestor—The Court of ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1899)
"The declarations of parents are not admissible to bastardize their issue, if
their marriage is proved or admitted: Craufurd v. Blackburn, 17 Md. 49; ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"3dly, That the non-access of the husband was not proved during the whole time of
the wife's pregnancy ; which was necessary to bastardize the issue. ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The presumption and charity of the law are in his favor, and those who wish to
bastardize him must make out the fact by clear and irrefragable proof; ..."
5. An Introduction to the Law, Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius by Francis Buller, Richard Whalley Bridgman (1817)
"The question was, Whether the wife were a competent witness to bastardize die child.
And per curiam, such facts as cannot in their nature be proved by any ..."
6. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"So, if a libel be to bastardize issue directly ; for legitimacy shall be determined
by the common law. Sli. 10. So, if a libel be, by practice to dissolve a ..."
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