WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bas•tard•ize  (bastər dīz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, iz•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to lower in condition or worth;
    debase:hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
  2. to declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard.
  3. [Australian.]to harass or humiliate as part of initiation into a college or regiment.

v.i. 
  1. to become debased.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] bastard•ise′. 
  • bastard + -ize 1580–90
bas′tard•i•zation, n. 


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