- bastardize⇄bastardize, verb, -ized,-izing.
- bastardize⇄noun bastardization.
- bastardize⇄v.i. to become degenerate; deteriorate.
- bastardize⇄v.t. 1. to make degenerate; debase.
Ex. Spanish craft has been bastardized by generations of artisans who each added their own elaborations (Wall Street Journal).
2. to declare or pronounce to be a bastard.