hybridize v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn: {crossbreed}, {cross}, {hybridize}, {hybridise}, {interbreed}]
Hybridize \Hy"brid*i`ze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hybridized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hybridizing}.] To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks. [1913 Webster]
Hybridize \Hy"brid*ize\, v. i. (Biol.) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]