- urbanize
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transitive verb
(-ized; -izing)
Date: 1884
1. to cause to take on urban characteristics <urbanized areas> 2. to impart an urban way of life to <urbanize migrants from rural areas>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
urbanize
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Urbanize — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Hip Hop Gründung 2005[1][2] Websit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Urbanize — Ur ban*ize, v. t. To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. Howell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
urbanize — (v.) 1640s, to make more civil; 1884 to make into a city, from URBAN (Cf. urban) + IZE (Cf. ize); in the latter sense from Fr. urbaniser (1873). Related: Urbanized; urbanizing … Etymology dictionary
urbanize — (Amer.) ur·ban·ize || ÉœrbÉ™naɪz / ÉœËb v. change from rural to urban, make into a city, impart urban characteristics (also urbanise) … English contemporary dictionary
urbanize — [ʉr′bə nīz΄] vt. urbanized, urbanizing 1. to change from rural to urban in character; make like or characteristic of a city 2. Rare to make urbane urbanization n … English World dictionary
urbanize — urban ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or characteristic of a town or city. DERIVATIVES urbanism noun urbanist noun urbanize (also urbanise) verb. ORIGIN Latin urbanus, from urbs city … English terms dictionary
urbanize — urbanization, n. /err beuh nuyz /, v.t., urbanized, urbanizing. to make or cause to become urban, as a locality. Also, esp. Brit., urbanise. [1635 45; URBAN + IZE] * * * … Universalium
urbanize — verb a) To make something more urban in character. b) To take up an urban way of life … Wiktionary
urbanize — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To imbue with city ways, manners, and customs: citify, metropohtanize. See URBAN … English dictionary for students
