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imbastardize

imbastardize verb: to bastardize, debase.

Verb

imbastardize (third-person singular simple present imbastardizes, present participle imbastardizing, simple past and past participle imbastardized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to bastardize, debase
    • and partly becauſe in our times their order is indeed imbaſterdized, and nothing fo valourous and faithfull, as it hath beene heretofore.1603, The Ottoman of Lazaro Soranzo, London: Iohn Windet, page 16
    • But now with a beſotted and degenerate baſeneſs of ſpirit, except ſome few, [...], the reſt imbaſtardiz'd from the ancient nobleneſs of thir Anceſtors, are ready to fall flatt and give adoration to the Image and memory of this Man1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Preface”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page n15

Forms of imbastardize

third-person singular presentimbastardizes
present participleimbastardizing
past participleimbastardized
pastimbastardized

Origin of imbastardize

From in- + bastardize.

Questions about imbastardize

What does imbastardize mean?
Imbastardize means to bastardize, debase.
What part of speech is imbastardize?
Imbastardize is a verb.
What is the past tense of imbastardize?
The past tense of imbastardize is imbastardized.

Words near imbastardize in the dictionary

  1. imbars
  2. imbase
  3. imbased
  4. imbases
  5. imbasing
  6. imbastardize
  7. imbastardized
  8. imbastardizes
  9. imbastardizing
  10. imbastardizings
  11. imbat

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