unvulgarize

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vul⋅gar⋅ize

[vuhl-guh-rahyz]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

1.	to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.

2.	to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize.

3.	to translate (a work) from a classical language into the vernacular.

Also, especially British, vul⋅gar⋅ise.

Origin:
1595–1605; vulgar + -ize

Related forms:

vul⋅gar⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

vul⋅gar⋅iz⋅er, noun

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