vulgarise

1 definition found

vulgarise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]