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dastardize

dastardize verb: to make cowardly; to intimidate or weaken the spirits of.

Verb

dastardize (third-person singular simple present dastardizes, present participle dastardizing, simple past and past participle dastardized)

  1. To make cowardly; to intimidate or weaken the spirits of.
    • dastardize my courage1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Forms of dastardize

third-person singular presentdastardizes
present participledastardizing
past participledastardized
pastdastardized

Origin of dastardize

From dastard + -ize.

Questions about dastardize

What does dastardize mean?
Dastardize means to make cowardly; to intimidate or weaken the spirits of.
What part of speech is dastardize?
Dastardize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dastardize?
The past tense of dastardize is dastardized.

Words near dastardize in the dictionary

  1. dastar
  2. dastard
  3. dastarded
  4. dastardies
  5. dastarding
  6. dastardize
  7. dastardized
  8. dastardizes
  9. dastardizing
  10. dastardlier
  11. dastardliest

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