vulgarise - 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"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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vulgarise - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
You must admit, Hirst, that a little Italian town even would vulgarise the whole scene, would detract from the vastness--the sense of elemental grandeur." He swept his hands towards the forest, and paused for a moment, looking at the great green mass, which was now falling silent.
He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animate abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarise it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely.
La "tropicalite" de cette republique pourrait bien correspondre au pays natal de l'auteur (un pays tropical) ou a un neologisme de Sony Labou Tansi etudie et vulgarise par Georges Ngal et Alexie Tcheuyap.
C'est en Italie surtout que le commerce des fogli a mano se vulgarise. A Venise on les vendit publiquement sur le Rialto dans une boutique; nombreux etaient dans cette ville les professionnels, appeles tour a tour menanti, novellanti, rapportisti, gazettanti.
Although the verb has lost some of its original potency, its use here is very much in keeping with satire's tendency to vulgarise (in both the original and modern sense) sexual vocabulary.