The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Dastardizing
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Dastardize \Das"tard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.  Dastardized; p.
   pr. & vb. n.  Dastardizing.]
   To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to
   dastardize my courage. 
--Dryden.
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                    dastardizing
                    
                        
                
                                                                    vb. (present participle of dastardize English)