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mon•grel•ize
(mung′grə līz′, mong′-),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
mon′grel•i•za′tion, n.
mon′grel•iz′er, n.
- Botanyto subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, esp. with one considered inferior.
- Botanyto mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things).
- to make debased or impure:The French they speak is mongrelized.
- mongrel + -ize 1620–30
mon′grel•iz′er, n.