Dictionary entry

Villanize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vil″lan‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Villanized; p. pr. & vb. n.Villanizing (?).] To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.

Were virtue by descent, a noble name

Could never villanize his father's fame. Dryden.