vulgarise 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}, {vulgarize}, {generalize}, {generalise}] 2: debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: {vulgarize}] 3: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: {vulgarize}]