ruralize

American  

[roor-uh-lahyz] / ˈrʊər əˌlaɪz /

especially British, ruralise

verb (used with object)

ruralized, ruralizing

1. to make rural.

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verb (used without object)

ruralized, ruralizing

1. to spend time in the country; rusticate.

ruralize British  

/ ˈrʊərəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to make rural in character, appearance, etc

2. (intr) to go into the country to live

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Other Word Forms

• ruralization
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of ruralize

First recorded in 1795–1805; rural + -ize

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ruralize ruralized ruralizing

"Come along, we shall easily find a nice cottage to-morrow, or get into some farm-house, and ruralize for a month or two delightfully."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

And so," said he, "we're sent down to ruralize?

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

There was too much society; one could not ruralize enough.

From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by W. H. Wilkins

If thee should come this way next summer, to ruralize, thee might behold our swollen Schuylkill, and say, Enough!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 by Various

Mr. C. S. Harrison: Mr. Chairman, I think the slogan of this society should be "Urbanize the country and ruralize the town."

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by A. W. Latham

Had he been better informed, it is doubtful whether, improvident and enamored as he was, he would have ruralized and practicalized Romeo in the lane of Burleigh Grange.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

The books should not be completely ruralized; nor should there be two sets of books, one for the country and one for the city.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy

But that ruralizing must have been fearful for you, poverina!

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence

The ruralizing party were to dine amid the ruins of Berry Pomeroy, and were not expected home till dusk, to a substantial tea.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

When we first arrived, which was in September, this huge city was, comparatively speaking, a desert; for all the fashionables were out ruralizing.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

Then there is his Excellency the "royal Chamberlain"—a sinecure, for his majesty dresses himself with his own hands, except when he is ruralizing at Waikiki and then he requires no dressing.

From Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain

There is no more reason why textbooks should carry the urban message, than that they should be dominantly ruralizing.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy

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