Bās'tard-īze, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. BASTARDIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. BASTARDIZING.]
Sense 1. To make or prove to be a bastard; to convict of being a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.
Sense 2. To beget out of wedlock. Shak.