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urbanize

verb

Etymology

From urban + -ize.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”
  2. derived from urbānus — “of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”
  3. borrowed from urbain — “belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”
  4. suffixed as urbanize — “urban + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make something more urban in character.

  2. To take up an urban way of life.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA