metropolitanize
/ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtənʌɪz/ /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtnʌɪz/(also metropolitanise)
verb
[with object] (Usually in pass.). To make metropolitan in character; to give (a person) the manners, outlook, etc., of a city dweller; to urbanize (a place).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Philadelphia Press. From metropolitan + -ize.
- set something apart
- set something aside
- set something by
- set something down
- set something forth
- set something in
- set something off
- set something off against
- set something on fire
- set something on foot
- set something out
- set something up
- set square
- Setswana
- sett
- settee
- setter
- set the agenda
- set the bar
- set-theoretic
- set-theoretical
- set theory
- set the pace
- set the scene
- set the stage for