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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
vulgarise .
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Examples
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When I heard that there was to be a _procession_, the word vulgarised the whole affair.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 Various 1836
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Mluleki George (ANC) said all parties had fought for democracy, but could not allow it to be "vulgarised".
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The last is a remarkable illustrator, who "vulgarised" the austere methods of his master for popular
Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890
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He modernised and multiplied its subjects, attractions, appeals: he "vulgarised" it in the partly good French sense, as well as in the wholly bad English one; he was its journalist and _colporteur_.
The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889
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Earlier this month, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", and said the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
Guardian Online 2010
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Earlier this month, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", and said the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
Muti 2010
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Its secretary-general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", saying the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
IOL: News 2010
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Earlier this month, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", and said the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
Muti 2010
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Its secretary-general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", saying the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
IOL: News 2010
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On Sunday, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe cautioned against "systematically erasing history", saying the interpretation of the song had been "vulgarised".
News24 Top Stories 2010
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