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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make more industrial or city-like;
- Example: "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
[syn: urbanize, urbanise]

2. impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon;
- Example: "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them"
[syn: urbanize, urbanise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Urbanize \Ur"ban*ize\, v. t.
   To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. --Howell.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

urbanize
    v 1: make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized
         after many people moved in" [syn: urbanize, urbanise]
    2: impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon;
       "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding
       them" [syn: urbanize, urbanise]