Citify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Citify is a verb meaning (intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
Meaning
(intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
More Meanings
- (transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
- (transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
Example Sentences
Harness racing was being citified by crooked lawyers.
"But these newcomers are citifying the rural atmosphere." They're also citifying prices.
The United States of America is not yet a jungle of metropolitan areas, but we are citifying at a very rapid pace.
My wife and I happened to have fought with authorities to address the extremely dangerous roads throughout this citifying rural community.
Word Forms
- citifies
- citifying
- citified
- cityfy
Synonyms for citify
Depending on context, synonyms include urbanize.
Antonyms for citify
Common opposites include countrify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cityfy, urbanize, townify, churchify, frenchify, civicize.
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