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" popularizepopularisevulgarizevulgarisegeneralizegeneralise
act in a vulgar manner "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" vulgarizevulgarise
debase and make vulgar "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" vulgarisevulgarize