English Dictionary

bastardize

/ˈbæstɚdaɪz/

verb

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate. / To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.

He tried to bastardize his opponent by spreading false rumors about his parentage.

意味（1）

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.

Our law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if it be born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.

意味（2）

To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.

The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.

意味（3）

To beget out of wedlock.

I should / have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the / firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.