Hypertext Webster Gateway: "popularize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Popularize \Pop"u*lar*ize\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
popularize
v : cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
general public [syn: {popularise}, {vulgarize}, {vulgarise}]
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