popularize

Words with a similar base: popularize

'popularize'

[popularize.v.01] as in: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Examples:
They popularized coffee in Washington State
Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

'popularize'

[popularize.v.02] as in: make understandable to the general public

Examples:
Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books

Origins

					popularize (English)
├── -ize (English)
│   └── -isen (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── -iser (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── -izare (Latin)
│               └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── popular (English)
    └── popularis (Latin)
        ├── -aris (Latin)
        └── populus (Latin)

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