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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
Could never
villanize
his father’s fame. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Villanize
VIL'LANIZE
,Verb.
T.
Were virtue by descent, a noble name could never villanize his father's fame.