To make something more urban or city-like, or to introduce city culture and characteristics to a place.
English word formed from 'city' (from Latin civitas) plus the productive suffix '-ify' (from Latin facere, 'to make'); first recorded in the 19th century.
This word reveals how cities have always been seen as forces of transformation—people didn't just 'urbanize,' they 'citified,' suggesting a deliberate reshaping of entire landscapes and communities.
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