- vulgarize
- transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1709 1. to diffuse generally ; popularize 2. to make vulgar ; coarsen • vulgarization noun • vulgarizer noun
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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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vulgarize — index corrupt, debase Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vulgarize — (Amer.) vul·gar·ize || vÊŒlgÉ™raɪz v. popularize; make vulgar, coarsen (also vulgarise) … English contemporary dictionary
vulgarize — (also vulgarise) ► VERB 1) make less refined. 2) make commonplace or less subtle or complex. DERIVATIVES vulgarization noun … English terms dictionary
vulgarize — [vul′gər īz΄] vt. vulgarized, vulgarizing 1. to cause to be more widely known, more easily understood, etc.; popularize 2. to make vulgar, coarse, unrefined, obscene, etc. vulgarizer n … English World dictionary
vulgarize — vulgarization, n. vulgarizer, n. /vul geuh ruyz /, v.t., vulgarized, vulgarizing. 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… … Universalium
vulgarize — sf., Fr. vulgarisé Halk için yapılan Vulgarize yayınlar … Çağatay Osmanlı Sözlük
vulgarize — verb To express or re express something in a base, common, or lewd manner; to make something commonplace; to make something vulgar. Yes, said Mr. Flushing. And in my opinion, he continued, the absence of population to which Hirst objects is… … Wiktionary
vulgarize — Synonyms and related words: adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, clarify, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, distort, elucidate, explain … Moby Thesaurus
vulgarize — vul|gar|ize also vulgarise BrE [ˈvʌlgəraız] v [T] formal to spoil the quality or lower the standard of something that is good >vulgarization [ˌvʌlgəraıˈzeıʃən US rə ] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
