Ruralize

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or become rural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make rural.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
  • verb-intransitive. To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render rural; give a rural character or appearance to.
  • To go into the country; dwell in the country; rusticate.
  • Also spelled ruralise.
  • Word Usage
    "Take a guy who, for all intense purposes, was locked into second-banana land, who in reality was a war hero, who attempted to ruralize the growing urban sprawl by promoting the old-time front yard garden and ended up being the father of Earth Day, who then became super popular for playing an uptight man thrown into the most ridiculous circumstances..."
    Verb Form
    ruralized    ruralizes    ruralizing   
    Form
    ruralized    ruralizing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rusticate