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In extended uses. transitive. (In negative sense.) To sacrifice or debase for some profit or advantage; to put (oneself or one's talents) to an…
transitive. To degrade (that which is held to be exclusive) by making it accessible to ordinary people; to vulgarize. Obsolete. rare.