- metropolitanized
- metropolitanize (Amer.) v. become urban, make urban; sophisticate; make metropolitan (also metropolitanise)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
metropolitanize — metropolitanization, n. /me treuh pol i tn uyz /, v.t., metropolitanized, metropolitanizing. to make metropolitan. Also, esp. Brit., metropolitanise. [1850 55; METROPOLITAN + IZE] * * * … Universalium
metropolitanize — [mə′trō paul′i tənīz΄, me΄trə päl′i tənīz΄] vt. metropolitanized, metropolitanizing to cause to be metropolitan or have a metropolitan character metropolitanism n. metropolitanization n … English World dictionary