"vulgarize" meaning in English

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          "text": "With much labor we got our things up the steps, and then, looking back, took one last long survey of that strange land, soon I fear to be vulgarized, the prey of hunter and prospector, but to each of us a dreamland of glamour and romance, a land where we had dared much, suffered much, and learned much - our land, as we shall ever fondly call it.",
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        "To make vulgar.",
        "To make commonplace, crass, lewd."
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        "To make vulgar.",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgaaristaa"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
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      "roman": "gavulgaruleba",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "გავულგარულება"
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      "roman": "gauxamseba",
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      "word": "გაუხამსება"
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      "roman": "ekchydaḯzo",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "εκχυδαΐζω"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgarisar"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "volgarizzare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgarizar"
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  "word": "vulgarize"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgaaristaa"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgariser"
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      "roman": "gavulgaruleba",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "გავულგარულება"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gauxamseba",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "გაუხამსება"
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      "roman": "ekchydaḯzo",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "εκχυδαΐζω"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgarisar"
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      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "volgarizzare"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To make something vulgar",
      "word": "vulgarizar"
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