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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