citify

You 're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute, Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit, I 'd take an' citify my English.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

You're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute,   Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, 10 An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit,   I'd take an' citify my English.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

You're 'n want o' sunthin' light an' cute, 10Rattlin' an' shrewd an' kin' o' jingleish, An' wish, pervidin' it 'ould suit, I'd take an' citify my English.

From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations by James Russell Lowell

Wohlen had only begun its drive to citify the planet.

From The Man Who Played to Lose by Laurence M. Janifer

With these landmark records, Busby also introduced new citified subject matter to bluegrass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Even now, few Woodstock locals know the precise location, though it is not far from the storied town that the citified Mr. Bowie derided on his first visit in 2002 as “too cute for words.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

Bengtson guesses that many other films were shot in the vicinity too — one of the only citified corners in an early Hollywood that still mostly didn’t look urban.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2021

Produced by country music explorer Sturgill Simpson, “Country Squire” is full of lessons learned on the “country music highway” about camper retirement, citified country boys and the hard work of commitment.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2019

Going outside didn’t mean I had to cross paths with John and his citified ways.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

It results in the citifying of the country with cubistic signboards, barbershops, women in new-style clothes.

From Time Magazine Archive