bastardize

tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. To lower in quality or character; debase.
2. To declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard.

bastardization bas'tard·i·za'tion (-tər-dĭ-zā'shən) n.

verb

To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: debase
Antonyms: appreciate, praise, value

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
  Synonym: bastardise

Meaning #2: declare a child to be illegitimate
  Synonym: bastardise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - erklære uægteskabeligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbasteren, vervalsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - altérer, corrompre (une langue)

Deutsch (German)
v. - für unehelich erklären

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - νοθεύω, μπασταρδεύω

Italiano (Italian)
imbastardire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abastardar, degenerar

Русский (Russian)
объявить незаконнорожденным, скоррумпировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - declarar bastardo o ilegítimo, degradar, corromper

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - nedvärdera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宣告...为私生, 使品质低落

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 宣告...為私生, 使品質低落

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 서자로 인정하다, 타락시키다, 질을 떨어뜨리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 庶出と認定する, 粗悪にする, 悪くなる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قلل من نقاوة شيئا ما بأضافه شىء آخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכריז (על אדם) כלא-חוקי, השפיל, זייף, שיבש (שפה)‬

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