devulgarize

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devulgarize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Devulgarize \De*vul"gar*ize\, v. t.
     To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
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           Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very
           devulgarizing books.                     --E. A.
                                                    Abbott.
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