metropolitanize

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

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verb (used with object),met·ro·pol·i·tan·ized, met·ro·pol·i·tan·iz·ing.

to make metropolitan.

Origin of metropolitanize

¹

First recorded in 1850–55; metropolitan + -ize

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

Other words from metropolitanize

met·ro·pol·i·tan·i·za·tion, noun
de·met·ro·pol·i·tan·i·za·tion, noun

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