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ruralizes

ruralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruralize.

Meaning of ruralize

Verb

ruralize (third-person singular simple present ruralizes, present participle ruralizing, simple past and past participle ruralized)

  1. (transitive) To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone).
    • the curling cloud / Of city smoke, by distance ruralised1799, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, London: Moxon, published 1850, Book 1, Introduction, p. 7
  2. (intransitive) To become rural; to take up residence or spend time in the country.
    • I shall certainly attend your Farce, if in town; but as ’t is possible I shall ruralize this week, I will have no orders of you till next week.c. 1822, Charles Lamb, undated letter to John Howard Payne in The Letter of Charles Lamb, 1814-1825, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, Volume 4, pp. 197-198
    Synonyms:
    rusticate

Questions about ruralizes

What is ruralizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ruralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruralize.

Words near ruralizes in the dictionary

  1. rurality
  2. ruralization
  3. ruralizations
  4. ruralize
  5. ruralized
  6. ruralizes
  7. ruralizing
  8. rurallike
  9. rurally
  10. ruralness
  11. ruraloid

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