The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruralize
Ruralize \Ru"ral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruralizing.] To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
Ruralize
Ruralize \Ru"ral*ize\, v. i. To become rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
Wiktionary
ruralize
vb. (context transitive English) To make rural.
Usage examples of "ruralize".
While thousands of towns and smaller cities fell into ruin, and the great majority of thousands of populations became increasingly isolated and ruralized, certain other cities, particularly metropolises, and the seats of governors, prefects, bishops, and such, places already overcrowded, experienced additional, unwelcome influxes of population.
As the industrial revolution was urbanizing and modernizing England, India was becoming ruralized, a poor, agrarian country.