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Webster 1913 Edition
Devulgarize
De-vul′gar-ize
,Verb.
T.
To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
Shakespeare and Plutarch’s “Lives” are very
devulgarizing
books. E. A. Abbott.
Definition 2024
devulgarize
devulgarize
English
Alternative forms
- devulgarise (UK)
Verb
devulgarize (third-person singular simple present devulgarizes, present participle devulgarizing, simple past and past participle devulgarized)
- (transitive) To free from what is vulgar or common.
- E. A. Abbott
- Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very devulgarizing books.
- E. A. Abbott