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BASTARDISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastardise mean? 

BASTARDISE (verb)
  The verb BASTARDISE has 2 senses:

1. change something so that its value declines; for example, art formsplay

2. declare a child to be illegitimateplay

  Familiarity information: BASTARDISE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASTARDISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they bastardise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bastardises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: bastardised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: bastardised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: bastardising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bastardise; bastardize

Hypernyms (to "bastardise" is one way to...):

corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bastard (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)

bastardisation (an act that debases or corrupts)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Declare a child to be illegitimate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bastardise; bastardize

Hypernyms (to "bastardise" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bastard (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)


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