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

vulgarize \vul"garize\, 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
see also:
vulgarized vulgarizing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vulgarize
     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: popularize,
           popularise, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
     2: debase and make vulgar; "the press has vulgarized love and
        marriage" syn: vulgarise
     3: act in a vulgar manner; "the drunkard tends to vulgarize"
        syn: vulgarise
see also:
popularize popularise vulgarise generalize generalise 

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

47 moby thesaurus words for "vulgarize":
   adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, clarify, coarsen, confound,
   contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower,
   degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil,
   devalue, distort, elucidate, explain, explicate, get across,
   get over, infect, make clear, make it clear, misuse, pervert,
   poison, pollute, popularize, prostitute, put across, put over,
   ravage, ravish, simplify, spell out, taint, twist, ulcerate,
   violate, vitiate, warp

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