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to citify

to citify

8.6
To make a place or its people more like a city
  • verb
  • /ˈsɪtəˌfaɪ/
translation icon : urbanizar

Examples

  • "You have certainly become a citified woman."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And the man talked in one of those citified accents, maybe from Dallas.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • "As for lowlanders, bog trotters, you citified folk, and such, all you lot are newcomers.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Try as people may to stabilize their citified worlds in the face of these often unknown mediating influences, obtaining an enduring, settled state becomes a task that requires constant self-surveillance.

    Academic text (2013)

  • After living in the city for a year, she felt more citified and comfortable with urban life.

  • The new apartment complex is designed to citify the neighborhood by adding modern amenities.

  • His move from the countryside to downtown really citified his lifestyle, making him appreciate city conveniences.

Synonyms

to urbanize
vsto citify
  • US
4 5.3

To make a place more like a city by building more houses, roads, shops, and services

focuses on changing character and accustoming people to city life

How Urban

to urbanize
  • US
4 5.3
to citify
8.6

Surface Forms

citify infinitive
citified past
citified past participle
citifying present participle
citifies third person singular

Morphology

citify = city (transparent) = city + ify

The verb is a regular derivation meaning 'make or become like a city', directly formed from 'city' with the productive suffix '-ify'.

Etymology

The word citify is built from city and the ending -fy, where -fy means 'make', as in beautify or simplify. So to citify a place is to 'make' it more like a city, giving it city life and ways.