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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vul·gar·ize /ˈvʌlgəˌraɪz/
 (vt.)使通俗化,使粗俗,使下流

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vul·gar·ize v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Vulgarized p. pr. & vb. n. Vulgarizing ]  To make vulgar, or common.
    Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.   --V. Knox.
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From: 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]