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."
The United States of America is not yet a jungle of metropolitan areas, but we are citifying at a very rapid pace.
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citify — verb accustom to urban ways Immigration will citify the country? • Derivationally related forms: ↑city • Hypernyms: ↑adjust, ↑set, ↑correct • Verb Frames: Somebody … Useful english dictionary
citify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Date: 1828 urbanize • citification noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
citify — citification, n. /sit i fuy /, v.t., citified, citifying. 1. to make into a city; urbanize. 2. to cause to conform to city habits, fashions, etc. [1860 65; CITY + FY] * * * … Universalium
citify — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To imbue with city ways, manners, and customs: metropolitanize, urbanize. See URBAN … English dictionary for students
citify — cit·i·fy || sɪtɪfaɪ v. accustom to city ways; urbanize … English contemporary dictionary
citify — cit·i·fy … English syllables
citify — cit•i•fy [[t]ˈsɪt ɪˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing to cause to conform to city habits, fashions, etc • Etymology: 1860–65, amer. cit i•fi•ca′tion, n … From formal English to slang
-fy — verb suffix Etymology: Middle English fien, from Anglo French fier, from Latin ficare, from ficus fic 1. make ; form into < dandify > 2. invest with the attributes of ; make similar to < citify > … New Collegiate Dictionary
citification — noun see citify … New Collegiate Dictionary
citification — See citify. * * * … Universalium
