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gentrify

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gen⋅tri⋅fy

  [jen-truh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
Use gentrify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to improve (a neighborhood) by gentrification.
–verb (used without object)
2. to undergo gentrification: Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others.
Origin:
1970–75; gentry + -fy

Related forms:
gen⋅tri⋅fi⋅er, noun
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gen·tri·fy   (jěn'trə-fī')   
tr.v.   gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing, gen·tri·fies
To subject to gentrification: gentrify a row of Victorian houses.

[gentr(y) + -fy.]
gen'tri·fi'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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