† ˈbastarded,ppl.a.Obs. [f. bastard v. + -ed.] Tainted with bastardy, illegitimate; unfathered. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm.Tim. 681/1 That their race be a good race and not bastarded.a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 403 [It] is confessed to be the authours owne, and not bastarded.