GENTRIFY

gentrify

(verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; “gentrify a row of old houses”; “gentrify the old center of town”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

gentrify (third-person singular simple present gentrifies, present participle gentrifying, simple past and past participle gentrified)

(transitive) to renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes

Source: Wiktionary



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