metropolize means to urbanize; to center or focus on the city.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, metropolize ranks #7,126 of 20,748 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From metropolis + -ize.
verb
- To urbanize; to center or focus on the city.“Thus, the major issue in current communication policy revolves around the tendency of new communications technologies to centralize and metropolize sources of information.”
- To develop into a city or urban area.“Spoon River, like towns in all parts of the country, has become a standardized community, a "metropolized" town.”
- To visit the city.“Where is that real Real* Devil, in, or out of London, — Jo. Parkes ? If he metropolizes, tell him he ought to come hither.”