bastardize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
    bastardise.
  2. verb declare a child to be illegitimate
    bastardise.

WordNet

Bas"tard*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bastardized (); present participle & verbal noun Bastardizing
Definitions
  1. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
    The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.
  2. To beget out of wedlock. R. Shak.

Webster 1913