metropolitanize

especially British, met·ro·pol·i·tan·ise

[me-truh-pol-i-tn-ahyz]

verb (used with object)

metropolitanized, metropolitanizing 

1. to make metropolitan.

Other Word Forms

• metropolitanization noun
• demetropolitanization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of metropolitanize¹

First recorded in 1850–55; metropolitan + -ize