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pastoralize

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pas⋅to⋅ral⋅ize

  [pas-ter-uh-lahyz, pah-ster-]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make pastoral or rural.
2. to celebrate in a pastoral or set in a pastoral form.
Also, especially British, pas⋅to⋅ral⋅ise.

Origin:
1815–25; pastoral + -ize

Related forms:
pas⋅to⋅ral⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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pas·tor·al·ize   (pās'tər-ə-līz')   
tr.v.   pas·tor·al·ized, pas·tor·al·iz·ing, pas·tor·al·iz·es

  1. To make pastoral, especially to convert (an industrial society or economy) to an agricultural society or economy.

  2. To set in or render into a pastoral form.

pas'tor·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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