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Devulgarize

Devulgarize \De*vul"gar*ize\, v. t. To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.

Shakespeare and Plutarch's ``Lives'' are very devulgarizing books.
--E. A. Abbott.

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devulgarize

vb. (context transitive English) To free from what is vulgar or common.