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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

devulgarize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + vulgarize.

Meanings

  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

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devulgarized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
devulgarized Tense=Past lexicographic
devulgarizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
devulgarizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
devulgarise alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

devulgarization