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Webster 1913 Edition


Popularize

Pop′u-lar-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Popularized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Popularizing
.]
[Cf. F.
populariser
.]
To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known;
as, to
popularize
philosophy
.
“The popularizing of religious teaching.”
Milman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Popularize

POP'ULARIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make popular or common; to spread among the people; as, to popularize philosophy or physics; to popularize a knowledge of chimical principles.

Definition 2024


popularize

popularize

English

Alternative forms

Verb

popularize (third-person singular simple present popularizes, present participle popularizing, simple past and past participle popularized)

  1. (American) Alternative spelling of popularise

Portuguese

Verb

popularize

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of popularizar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of popularizar
  3. first-person singular imperative of popularizar
  4. third-person singular imperative of popularizar