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Etymology

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plebeian +‎ -ize

Verb

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plebeianize (third-person singular simple present plebeianizes, present participle plebeianizing, simple past and past participle plebeianized)

  1. (transitive) To make plebeian, common, or vulgar.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for plebeianize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)