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villanize
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villanize, v. t.
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile. [1913 Webster]
"Were virtue by descent, a noble name
Could never villanize his father's fame." [1913 Webster]
Could never villanize his father's fame." [1913 Webster]
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