abastardize
transitive verb
-ed/-ing/-s
obsolete
: bastardize, debase
Word History
Etymology
modification (with verb suffix conformed to -ize) of Middle French abastardir, going back to Old French, from a-, prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + bastardir, verb derivative of bastard bastard entry 1
First Known Use
1574, in the meaning defined above