metropolitanize

met·ro·pol·i·tan·ize

[me-truh-pol-i-tn-ahyz]
verb (used with object), met·ro·pol·i·tan·ized, met·ro·pol·i·tan·iz·ing.
to make metropolitan.
Also, especially British, met·ro·pol·i·tan·ise.


Origin:
1850–55; metropolitan + -ize

met·ro·pol·i·tan·i·za·tion, noun
de·met·ro·pol·i·tan·i·za·tion, noun
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