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popularize

po·pu·la·rize

US/ˈpɑpjʌlɜrˌaɪz/ uncommon

verb

1.

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”
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2.

make understandable to the general public

  • “Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books”
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Origin

From popular + -ize.

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