Villanizing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Villanize \Vil"lan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Villanized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Villanizing}.]
   To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [R.]
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         Were virtue by descent, a noble name
         Could never villanize his father's fame. --Dryden.
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