popularize

[ pop-yuh-luh-rahyz ]

/ ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz /

verb (used with object), pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

to make popular: to popularize a dance.

Words nearby popularize

Also especially British, pop·u·lar·ise.

Origin of popularize

First recorded in 1585–95; popular + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM popularize

pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, nounpop·u·lar·iz·er, nounan·ti·pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, adjective, nounde·pop·u·lar·ize, verb (used with object), de·pop·u·lar·ized, de·pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

re·pop·u·lar·i·za·tion, nounre·pop·u·lar·ize, verb (used with object), re·pop·u·lar·ized, re·pop·u·lar·iz·ing.sem·i·pop·u·lar·ized, adjectiveun·pop·u·lar·ized, adjective

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Examples from the Web for popularise

In order to popularise these notions, he wrote a series of articles in newspapers.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff
Ruskin did but popularise Carpaccio, and buy and sell Turner.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
They arrested the attention of the public, and tended greatly to popularise and establish the reputation of that journal.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI|Various
But the harp-obligato proved no more effective than the reduced dieting and early attempt to popularise slimming.
The Magnificent Montez|Horace Wyndham

The effort now being made to popularise the international language “Esperanto” is one such commencement.
The Churches and Modern Thought|Philip Vivian

British Dictionary definitions for popularise

popularize

popularise

/ (ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make popular; make attractive to the general public

to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable

Derived forms of popularize

popularization or popularisation, nounpopularizer or populariser, noun

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