verb
- to make or become urban in character; to cause to take on the characteristics of a city
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'citify'; often used in discussions of urban development and cultural change
Examples
- The new highway citifies the once-rural landscape.
- As the population grows, the town citifies rapidly.
- Development citifies the countryside at an alarming rate.
- The influx of businesses citifies the small farming community.
- Urban sprawl citifies areas that were previously agricultural.
- Modern infrastructure citifies even the most remote regions.