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vulgarize
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vul·gar·ize       [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.
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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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] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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