urbanize

t. [English urban (e); -ize.]. To render urbane. "Refined nations, whom nature and knowledge did first urbanize and polish."- Howell : Instructions for Travel, p. 9. (1642.) city, a town, and colo =to cultivate, to inhabit.] In*ür-bic-o-lous, a. [Lat. urbs (gen it, urb is )=a habiting a city or town; urban. (Eclec. Rev., in Ann andale .)