'Vulgarize' definitions:

Definition of 'vulgarize'

(from WordNet)
verb
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]
verb
Debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize]
verb
Act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]

Definition of 'Vulgarize'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]