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devulgarise

devulgarise is the alternative form of devulgarize.

Meaning of devulgarize

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Forms of devulgarise

third-person singular presentdevulgarises
present participledevulgarising
past participledevulgarised
pastdevulgarised

Origin of devulgarise

From de- + vulgarise.

Questions about devulgarise

What is devulgarise the alternative form of?
Devulgarise is the alternative form of devulgarize.

Words near devulgarise in the dictionary

  1. devulcanizer
  2. devulcanizers
  3. devulcanizes
  4. devulcanizing
  5. devulgarisation
  6. devulgarise
  7. devulgarised
  8. devulgarises
  9. devulgarising
  10. devulgarization
  11. devulgarize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devulgarise (page history and authors); devulgarize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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