▪ I. † ˈvulgate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 6 Sc. wlgat.
[ad. L. vulgāt-us, pa. pple. of vulgāre to make public or common, f. vulgus the common people.]
1. (See quot. 1656.)
| 1513 Douglas æneid i. vii. 69 The famous battellis, wlgat throw the warld or this. 1530 Palsgr. 770/1 This thyng is vulgate nowe howe so ever it happeneth. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Vulgate, published abroad, commonly used, set out to the use of all men. |
2. Rendered common; vulgarized.
| 1863 Lytton Caxtoniana I. 127 What delicate elegance he can extract from words the most colloquial and vulgate. |
▪ II. ˈvulgate, v. rare.
[f. L. vulgāt-, ppl. stem of vulgāre: see prec.]
trans. To put into general circulation. Hence ˈvulgated ppl. a.
| 1851 Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. II. 509 Amongst the untruths..few are more detrimental to truth than the epithets vulgated upon Sovereigns. 1857 Ibid. III. 90 Amongst the vulgated traditional anecdotes floating about the world. |