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BASTARDIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare a child to be illegitimate

Synonyms:

bastardise; bastardize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bastardize" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bastard (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)

bastardization (declaring or rendering bastard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

Synonyms:

bastardise; bastardize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "bastardize" is one way to...):

corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bastard (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)

bastardization (an act that debases or corrupts)

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