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 Definitions of popularize  [ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz]  

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Definition of 'popularize' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) popularize
to make popular.

Etymology:  (1585–95)

Definition of 'popularize' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
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"

2. (verb) popularize, popularise
make understandable to the general public
"Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"


Definition of 'popularize' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) popularize
to make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy



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