[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

popularize \pop"ularize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. popularized;
   p. pr.  vb. n. popularizing. cf. f. populariser.
   to make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common
   people; to make generally known; as, to popularize
   philosophy. "the popularizing of religious teaching."
   --milman.
   1913 webster
see also:
popularized popularizing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

popularize
     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: popularise,
           vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
     2: make understandable to the general public; "carl sagan
        popularized cosmology in his books" syn: popularise
see also:
popularise vulgarize vulgarise generalize generalise 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 moby thesaurus words for "popularize":
   account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, coarsen, crack,
   decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, elucidate, enlighten,
   euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit,
   expound, get across, get over, give reason for, give the meaning,
   illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make it clear, make plain,
   put across, put over, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how,
   show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold,
   unlock, unravel, vulgarize

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