B'ASTARDIZE, verb transitive To make or prove to be a bastard; to convict of being a bastard; to declare legally, or decide a person to be illegitimate. The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. 2. To beget a bastard.
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