ruralize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to make rural in character, appearance, etc
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(intr) to go into the country to live
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ruralize
Example Sentences
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He would ruralize at some little country inn, near a river, on half-a-crown a day, and he would spend no other money than what was necessary for tobacco.
From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys
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
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 Wilkins, W. H.
"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
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