mongrelize

mongrelize
mongrelization, n.mongrelizer, n.
/mung"greuh luyz', mong"-/, v.t., mongrelized, mongrelizing.
1. to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, esp. with one considered inferior.
2. to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things).
3. to make debased or impure: The French they speak is mongrelized.
Also, esp. Brit., mongrelise.
[1620-30; MONGREL + -IZE]

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