D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Popularize

/päp'-yəl-ẽr-īzˌ/ · Pop·u·lar·ize · IPA /pˈɑpjələrˌaɪz/
01 v. t. To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.
imp. & p. p. Popularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Popularizing
  1. 1.
    To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.