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imbastardizing

imbastardizing is the present participle and gerund of imbastardize.

Meaning of imbastardize

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

Noun

imbastardizing (plural imbastardizings)

  1. (obsolete) The act or process by which something is imbastardized, or debased.

Forms of imbastardizing

pluralimbastardizings

Questions about imbastardizing

What does imbastardizing mean?
Imbastardizing means the act or process by which something is imbastardized, or debased.
What is imbastardizing the present participle and gerund of?
Imbastardizing is the present participle and gerund of imbastardize.
What part of speech is imbastardizing?
Imbastardizing is a noun.
What is the plural of imbastardizing?
The plural of imbastardizing is imbastardizings.

Words near imbastardizing in the dictionary

  1. imbases
  2. imbasing
  3. imbastardize
  4. imbastardized
  5. imbastardizes
  6. imbastardizing
  7. imbastardizings
  8. imbat
  9. imbathe
  10. imbathed
  11. imbathes

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