2 dictionary results for: vulgarise
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vul·gar·ize
[vuhl-guh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key
[vuhl-guh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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| vulgarise | |
verb | |
| 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] |
| 2. | debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" |
| 3. | act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarize] |
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