citify
Verb

citify

  1. (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."
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
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