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vulgarize in WordNet English dictionary

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"
    popularize  popularise  vulgarize  vulgarise  generalize  generalise 
  2. act in a vulgar manner
    "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
    vulgarize  vulgarise 
  3. debase and make vulgar
    "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
    vulgarise  vulgarize 
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