abastardize

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: bastardize, debase

Word History

Etymology

modification (with verb suffix conformed to -ize) of Middle French abastardir, going back to Old French, from a-, prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + bastardir, verb derivative of bastard bastard entry 1

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

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