Obs. [f. prec. sb.; cf. 16th c. F. abastardir, Sp. abastardar, It. abbastardire, bastardire, Eng. ABASTARD.]
1. trans. To declare or stigmatize as a bastard; to render illegitimate, BASTARDIZE. Also fig.
1549. Chaloner, trans. Erasm. Moriæ Enc., P ij b. They do binde Christ in certaine money lawes of theyr owne, and with wrested gloses … dooe bastard him.
1589. Warner, Alb. Eng., VI. xxx. (1597), 149. He bastards Cupid, and … Venus did chaife.
a. 1658. Cleveland, To Earl Newcastle, Gen. Poems (1677), 147. To Bastard her present Issue.
2. intr. To beget a bastard.
