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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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Vulgarized;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Vulgarizing.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL.
   vulgarizare.]
   To make vulgar, or common.
   [1913 Webster]

         Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.       --V. Knox.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vulgarize
    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]