vulgarize
v 1: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
general public; bring into general or common use; "They
popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory
was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: {popularize},
{popularise}, {vulgarize}, {vulgarise}, {generalize},
{generalise}]
2: debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and
Marriage" [syn: {vulgarise}, {vulgarize}]
3: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
[syn: {vulgarize}, {vulgarise}]
Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Vulgarized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulgarizing}.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL.
vulgarizare.]
To make vulgar, or common.
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Exhortation vulgarized by low wit. --V. Knox.
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