Ruralize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ruralize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone).
Meaning
(transitive) To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone).
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To become rural; to take up residence or spend time in the country.
Example Sentences
the curling cloud / Of city smoke, by distance ruralised
This tardy favorite of fortune […] thoroughly ruralized from head to foot, proceeded to escort us up the hill behind his house.
[…] the quiet bachelor house had its best rooms on the big garden, which seemed to advance into them through their wide windows and ruralize their dullness.
But it is also a collection of villages, a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other.
Word Forms
- ruralizes
- ruralizing
- ruralized
- ruralise
Synonyms for ruralize
Depending on context, synonyms include rusticate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ruralise, rurbanize, urbanize, rusticize, rusticise, urbanise.
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