Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.
--V. Knox.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to make vulgar" (transitive), 1709, from vulgar + -ize. Related: Vulgarized; vulgarizing.
Wiktionary
alt. To express or re-express something in a base, common, or lewd manner; to make something commonplace; to make something vulgar. vb. To express or re-express something in a base, common, or lewd manner; to make something commonplace; to make something vulgar.
WordNet
v. 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, vulgarise, generalize, generalise]
debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise]
act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarise]
Usage examples of "vulgarize".
Rajah Dris lives in a good house, but it is Europeanized, and consequently vulgarized.
I reduced itto sound bites and vulgarized it in the name of accessibility.