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Webster 1913 Edition
Bastardize
Bas′tard-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bastardized
([GREEK]); 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bastardize
B'ASTARDIZE
,Verb.
T.
55
The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten,in lawful wedlock.
2.
To beget a bastard.