mongrelise

An obsolete verb meaning to make mixed or hybrid in character, often used in a derogatory sense regarding race or breed.

• 🇫🇷Verbe vieilli signifiant rendre mêlé ou hybride par nature, souvent employé de manière péjorative à propos d'une race ou d'une lignée.

1. Cause to become a mongrel C2 formal

   To cause something, especially a breed of animal, to become mixed or impure in origin or nature.

   • The uncontrolled breeding practices threatened to mongrelise the purebred dog population.
   • Some critics argue that globalization will mongrelise distinct cultural traditions.
   • The farmer was careful not to mongrelise his herd by allowing crossbreeding with unknown animals.

   🇫🇷Métisser, abâtardir

   Synonymes: crosscrossbreedinterbreed

• mongrelised past participle
• mongrelised past simple
• mongrelising present participle
• mongrelises third person singular