popularize
verb (used with object)
to make popular.
were popularizing
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past progressiveof popularize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The immense sale of prints popularized art in Italy at the very time when the first great printing houses, like the Aldine, were popularizing learning.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
