agro-industrialize

[ ag-roh-in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˌæg roʊ ɪnˈdʌs tri əˌlaɪz /

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to industrialize the agriculture of: to agro-industrialize a developing nation.

to convert or organize into an agro-industry: to agro-industrialize livestock production.

to become an agro-industry.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also especially British, ag·ro-in·dus·tri·al·ise .

ag·ro-in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion, noun

Still, as China races to industrialize, its government policies will likely exacerbate such problems.
China's Own Oil Disaster|Dan Levin|July 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It has a frontage of one hundred feet on the Via Appia, and an extension in agro of two hundred and thirty feet.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Fior di limone!Limone agro e non si puoi mangiareMa son pi agre le pene d'amore.
Romance of Roman Villas|Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
His artibus cum Hannibalem Fabius in agro Falerno locorum angustiis clausisset, ille sine ullo exercitus detrimento se expedivit.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

Eight years ago, India and China both set out to industrialize themselves.
Revolution|Dallas McCord Reynolds
The words ex agro Sabino form an attributive phrase qualifying Romanos just as rusticos does.
Cato Maior de Senectute|Marcus Tullius Cicero