citify
Verb
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Verb
citify
- (intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
- 1946, Harper's Magazine, Volume 192,
- The metropolis grows like a tree in concentric circles, rim upon rim, the inner rings hardening or "citifying" and the outer bark expanding or "urbanizing."
- 1946, Harper's Magazine, Volume 192,
- (transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
- 1995, National Geographic Society, ''National Geographic, Volume 187,
- "But these newcomers are citifying the rural atmosphere." They're also citifying prices.
- 1995, National Geographic Society, ''National Geographic, Volume 187,
- (transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
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