单词 | abastard |
释义 | † abastardv. Obsolete. transitive. To corrupt, debase, make degenerate. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] defacec1325 spill1377 rust1493 vitiate1534 abastard1573 invitiate1598 vilify1615 demoralize1794 1573 T. W. tr. Supplication Prince of Orange to Kinges Maiestie of Spayne sig. f.iiv Your Maiestie shall finde that wee are not altered or abastarded [Du. verbastaert] from you, but rarher [sic] that wee doe excell in faythefull seruice, all our predecessours. 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xliv. 195 They haue euer waxed worse and worse, and their delicatenes hath euen abastarded [Fr. abastardy] the good warlike discipline. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr viii. 226 In some of the meane parents by the way, there may be fallacies which may corrupt and abastard it. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N2 They further insinuated that the Romane religion was insensibly abastarded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1573 |
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