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Webster 1913 Edition

Villanize

Vil′lan-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Villanized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Villanizing
.]
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
[R.]
Were virtue by descent, a noble name
Could never
villanize
his father’s fame.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Villanize

VIL'LANIZE

,
Verb.
T.
to debase; to degrade; to defame; to revile.
Were virtue by descent, a noble name could never villanize his father's fame.

Definition 2024

villanize

villanize

English

Verb

villanize ‎(third-person singular simple present villanizes, present participle villanizing, simple past and past participle villanized)

  1. (transitive) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
    • John Dryden
      Were virtue by descent, a noble name
      Could never villanize his father's fame.

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