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BASTARDIZING
Verb
bastardizing
present participle of bastardize
Noun
bastardizing (plural bastardizings)
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
Source: Wiktionary
BASTARDIZE
Bas"tard*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastardized (p. pr. & vb. n. Bastardizing.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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