popularize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make understandable to the general public

   Carl Sagan popularized cosmology.

2. 2
   verb

   American and Oxford British spelling of popularise

   Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga.

3. 3
   verb

   cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public

Etymology

From popular + -ize.