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ruralizing

ruralizing is the present participle and gerund 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 ruralizing

What is ruralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ruralizing is the present participle and gerund of ruralize.

Words near ruralizing in the dictionary

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

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