imbastardize

From in- +‎ bastardize.

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) to bastardize, debase
   • 1603, The Ottoman of Lazaro Soranzo‎^[1], London: Iohn Windet, page 16:

     and partly becauſe in our times their order is indeed imbaſterdized, and nothing fo valourous and faithfull, as it hath beene heretofore.

   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, “Preface”, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page n15:

     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 Man

   • 1882, Seibert, John, The Morning Star: An Epic Poem‎^[2], Chicago: Cushing, Thomas & Co., page 230:

     Imbastardized terrific, be, Where nothing sure is willed

• “imbastardize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.