Word Study
urbanize
CIDE DICTIONARY
urbanize, v. t.
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. Howell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
urbanize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 make urban.
2 destroy the rural quality of (a district).
1 make urban.
2 destroy the rural quality of (a district).
Derivative
urbanization n.
Etymology
F urbaniser (as URBAN)
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