Ruralize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make rural; to give a rural character to (something or someone). transitive

    "the curling cloud / Of city smoke, by distance ruralised"

  2. 2
    To become rural; to take up residence or spend time in the country. intransitive

    "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, 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."

Synonyms

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rusticate

Example

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"the curling cloud / Of city smoke, by distance ruralised"

Etymology

From rural + -ize.

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