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Webster 1913 Edition

Ruralize

Ru′ral-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ruralized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruralizing
.]
To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.

Ru′ral-ize

,
Verb.
I.
To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.

Definition 2025

ruralize

ruralize

English

Alternative forms

Verb

ruralize ‎(third-person singular simple present ruralizes, present participle ruralizing, simple past and past participle ruralized)

  1. (transitive) To make rural.
    • 2007 March 1, Michael Slackman, “In Arab Hub, the Poor Are Left to Their Fate”, in New York Times:
      But it is also a collection of villages, a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other.

Derived terms

Etymology

rural +‎ -ize

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