unvulgarize

English

Alternative forms

• unvulgarise

Etymology

From un- +‎ vulgarize.

Verb

unvulgarize (third-person singular simple present unvulgarizes, present participle unvulgarizing, simple past and past participle unvulgarized)

1. (transitive) To divest of vulgarity; to make not vulgar.

References

• “unvulgarize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.