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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use;
- Example: "They popularized coffee in Washington State"
- Example: "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
[syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise]

2. debase and make vulgar;
- Example: "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
[syn: vulgarise, vulgarize]

3. act in a vulgar manner;
- Example: "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
[syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vulgarise
    v 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,
         popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize,
         generalise]
    2: debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and
       Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize]
    3: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
       [syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]