urbanizev.

Brit.

/ˈəːbənʌɪz/,

/ˈəːbn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈərbəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s vrbanize, 1700s– urbanize, 1800s– urbanise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: urbane adj., -ize suffix; urban adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: Partly < urbane adj. + -ize suffix, and partly < urban adj. + -ize suffix. With sense 1 compare Spanish urbanizar (1618; a1888 in sense ‘to convert (a place) into an urban area’). In sense 2b perhaps partly after French urbaniser (although this is first attested slightly later in this sense: 1873; 1785 in sense 1 (now archaic or literary in this sense)).

†1. transitive. To make more refined or polished; to civilize, make urbane. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > improve the mind, cultivate [verb (transitive)]

till1393

enrich1502

refine1592

cultivate?1631

unblade1633

urbanize1642

smooth1644

culture1677

metropolitanize1870

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell i. 9 Those more refined Nations, whom Learning and Knowledge did first Vrbanize and polish.

1785 Hist. & Antiq. York II. 2 In order to cultivate a better Understanding of human Nature amongst them, and urbanize their savage Disposition.

1787 Parl. Reg. Ireland VII. 487 Depressing the spirit or subduing the fortitude of a people, whose manners it would urbanize.

1808 Inq. Pastoral Poetry in A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd 162 They [sc. shepherds] have been polished and urbanized by artificial refinements.

a. transitive. To accustom (a person) to life in a city or town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (transitive)] > accustom to life in town

urbanize1836

1836 London Disp. 6 Nov. 58/2 The restoration of those few but substantial blessings known to our simple ancestors before trade and manufactures had urbanized one half of our population.

1897 Gunton's Mag. July 68 The effect of protective duties has been mainly to..urbanize a large portion of the population.

1907 Times 6 Aug. 10/3 In every country, old and new, the people were being rapidly urbanized.

1972 J. Race War comes to Long An ii. 54 The purpose of the agroville was to gather all these people together, to urbanize them, to bring the light of civilization to them.

b. transitive. To make urban in character or appearance; to convert into an urban area; to cause (a place) to lose its rural character or quality.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > urbanize

townify1798

urbanize1866

1866 Times 5 June 9/5 This noble friend had well described the Bill as one to ‘urbanize’ the county constituencies.

1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Feb. 2/3 It is impossible to urbanize the country.

1906 Westm. Rev. Dec. 641 The multiplying factories and workrooms and work-yards of every kind would urbanise vast areas.

1963 T. Yazaki Japanese City i. ii. 20 The special features of the city..radiate into the region surrounding a city and serve to urbanize other communities.

1992 Oxfordshire Bull. Nov. 9/2 The brilliant lighting..would insensitively urbanize the present rural character of Shotover.

Derivatives

ˈurbanized adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city

city dwelling1593

urbane1601

burgessing1663

urban1762

town-dwelling1829

urbanized1884

townee1907

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > urbanized

urbanized1884

1884 Western Morning News 17 July 4/5 The Government will..then appeal to the urbanised counties.

1908 W. S. Blunt Diary 15 Apr. (1923) II. vii. 199 He is rather disappointed with the political organization of the Nationalists and their little hold over the country districts. He calls them terribly urbanized.

1917 W. E. Weyl Amer. World Policies xiii. 184 The increasing financial burden of children in an urbanised society.

1974 Times 22 Apr. 7/3 What about the eight million urbanized blacks living in white cities?

2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Mar. a15/1 Canada, once 78 per cent urbanized, is now 80 per cent urbanized.

ˈurbanizing adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > urbanizing

urbanizing1775

mushroom1819

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Urbanizing, rendering civil, making courteous.

1854 J. E. R. Hornblower Vara xvii. 179 A good-natured family, with some refined feelings and ‘country manners’, who only needed a little urbanizing to render them delightful companions.

1934 Econ. Jrnl. 44 715 The danger of a ‘mass culture’—such as results from the urbanising tendency of Rationalisation—can be avoided by greater attention to human factors.

1979 Washington Post 13 Oct. e1/1 (heading) The urbanizing of suburbia.

2002 J. Sagar in H.-J. Henket & H. Heynen Back from Utopia 374 The city is..changing and evolving in response to the urbanizing pressures overtaking the country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	urbanize
释义	urbanizev. Brit. /ˈəːbənʌɪz/, /ˈəːbn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈərbəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s vrbanize, 1700s– urbanize, 1800s– urbanise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: urbane adj., -ize suffix; urban adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: Partly < urbane adj. + -ize suffix, and partly < urban adj. + -ize suffix. With sense 1 compare Spanish urbanizar (1618; a1888 in sense ‘to convert (a place) into an urban area’). In sense 2b perhaps partly after French urbaniser (although this is first attested slightly later in this sense: 1873; 1785 in sense 1 (now archaic or literary in this sense)). †1. transitive. To make more refined or polished; to civilize, make urbane. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > improve the mind, cultivate [verb (transitive)] till1393 enrich1502 refine1592 cultivate?1631 unblade1633 urbanize1642 smooth1644 culture1677 metropolitanize1870 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell i. 9 Those more refined Nations, whom Learning and Knowledge did first Vrbanize and polish. 1785 Hist. & Antiq. York II. 2 In order to cultivate a better Understanding of human Nature amongst them, and urbanize their savage Disposition. 1787 Parl. Reg. Ireland VII. 487 Depressing the spirit or subduing the fortitude of a people, whose manners it would urbanize. 1808 Inq. Pastoral Poetry in A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd 162 They [sc. shepherds] have been polished and urbanized by artificial refinements. 2. a. transitive. To accustom (a person) to life in a city or town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (transitive)] > accustom to life in town urbanize1836 1836 London Disp. 6 Nov. 58/2 The restoration of those few but substantial blessings known to our simple ancestors before trade and manufactures had urbanized one half of our population. 1897 Gunton's Mag. July 68 The effect of protective duties has been mainly to..urbanize a large portion of the population. 1907 Times 6 Aug. 10/3 In every country, old and new, the people were being rapidly urbanized. 1972 J. Race War comes to Long An ii. 54 The purpose of the agroville was to gather all these people together, to urbanize them, to bring the light of civilization to them. b. transitive. To make urban in character or appearance; to convert into an urban area; to cause (a place) to lose its rural character or quality. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [verb (transitive)] > urbanize townify1798 urbanize1866 1866 Times 5 June 9/5 This noble friend had well described the Bill as one to ‘urbanize’ the county constituencies. 1888 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Feb. 2/3 It is impossible to urbanize the country. 1906 Westm. Rev. Dec. 641 The multiplying factories and workrooms and work-yards of every kind would urbanise vast areas. 1963 T. Yazaki Japanese City i. ii. 20 The special features of the city..radiate into the region surrounding a city and serve to urbanize other communities. 1992 Oxfordshire Bull. Nov. 9/2 The brilliant lighting..would insensitively urbanize the present rural character of Shotover. Derivatives ˈurbanized adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city city dwelling1593 urbane1601 burgessing1663 urban1762 town-dwelling1829 urbanized1884 townee1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > urbanized urbanized1884 1884 Western Morning News 17 July 4/5 The Government will..then appeal to the urbanised counties. 1908 W. S. Blunt Diary 15 Apr. (1923) II. vii. 199 He is rather disappointed with the political organization of the Nationalists and their little hold over the country districts. He calls them terribly urbanized. 1917 W. E. Weyl Amer. World Policies xiii. 184 The increasing financial burden of children in an urbanised society. 1974 Times 22 Apr. 7/3 What about the eight million urbanized blacks living in white cities? 2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Mar. a15/1 Canada, once 78 per cent urbanized, is now 80 per cent urbanized. ˈurbanizing adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > urbanizing urbanizing1775 mushroom1819 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Urbanizing, rendering civil, making courteous. 1854 J. E. R. Hornblower Vara xvii. 179 A good-natured family, with some refined feelings and ‘country manners’, who only needed a little urbanizing to render them delightful companions. 1934 Econ. Jrnl. 44 715 The danger of a ‘mass culture’—such as results from the urbanising tendency of Rationalisation—can be avoided by greater attention to human factors. 1979 Washington Post 13 Oct. e1/1 (heading) The urbanizing of suburbia. 2002 J. Sagar in H.-J. Henket & H. Heynen Back from Utopia 374 The city is..changing and evolving in response to the urbanizing pressures overtaking the country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1642
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