metropolitanize

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

verb (used with object)

, met·ro·pol·i·tan·ized, met·ro·pol·i·tan·iz·ing.

1. to make metropolitan.

Other Words From

• metro·poli·tan·i·zation noun
• de·metro·poli·tan·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of metropolitanize¹

First recorded in 1850–55; metropolitan + -ize