vulgarize

3 definitions found

vulgarize - 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]

vulgarize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

vulgarize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "vulgarize":
     adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, clarify, coarsen, confound,
     contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower,
     degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil,
     devalue, distort, elucidate, explain, explicate, get across,
     get over, infect, make clear, make it clear, misuse, pervert,
     poison, pollute, popularize, prostitute, put across, put over,
     ravage, ravish, simplify, spell out, taint, twist, ulcerate,
     violate, vitiate, warp