VILLANIZE

villanize. Villanize, v.t. to debase, degrade, defame, revile

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Vil″lan‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Villanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Villanizing (?).] To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. Were virtue by descent, a noble name Could never villanize his father's fame. Dryden.