devulgarize

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Etymology

From de- +‎ vulgarize.

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.
    • 1868, E. A. Abbott, “The Teaching of English”, in The Living Age:
      Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very devulgarizing books.

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