'Devulgarize' definitions:

Definition of 'Devulgarize'

From: GCIDE

Devulgarize \De*vul"gar*ize\, v. t. To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow. [1913 Webster]
Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very devulgarizing books. --E. A. Abbott. [1913 Webster]