devulgarize

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verb

To free from what is vulgar or obscene.

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Meanings

verbdevulgarize (third-person singular simple present devulgarizes, present participle devulgarizing, simple past and past participle devulgarized)

present singular third person devulgarizes · participle present devulgarizing · participle past devulgarized · past devulgarized · alternative devulgarise

  1. transitiveTo free from what is vulgar or obscene.

    Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very devulgarizing books.

    1868, E. A. Abbott, “The Teaching of English”, in The Living Age

Origin

From de- + vulgarize.

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APA

devulgarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devulgarize

MLA

“devulgarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devulgarize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devulgarize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devulgarize.

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