citify

American  

[sit-i-fahy] / ˈsɪt ɪˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

citified, citifying

1. to make into a city; urbanize.

2. to cause to conform to city habits, fashions, etc.

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citify British  

/ ˈsɪtɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to cause to conform to or adopt the customs, habits, or dress of city people

2. to make urban

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Other Word Forms

• citification noun

Etymology

Origin of citify

First recorded in 1860–65; city + -fy

Example Sentences

Annan: How do you then step into that and make it citified?

From Los Angeles Times

Going outside didn’t mean I had to cross paths with John and his citified ways.

From Literature

This picture, directed by Stuart McDonald, is more in the not-terribly-different “citified go-getter falls under the spell of a magical place and the hunk who hangs out there” mode.

From New York Times

Even now, few Woodstock locals know the precise location, though it is not far from the storied town that the citified Mr. Bowie derided on his first visit in 2002 as “too cute for words.”

From New York Times

Bengtson guesses that many other films were shot in the vicinity too — one of the only citified corners in an early Hollywood that still mostly didn’t look urban.

From Los Angeles Times