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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Devulgarize

· De·vul·gar·ize · IPA
01 v. t. To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
  1. 1.
    To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
    “Shakespeare and Plutarch's “Lives” are very devulgarizing books.” — E. A. Abbott.