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gentrify
(redirected from gentrifying)

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gen·tri·fy  (jntr-f)
tr.v. gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing, gen·tri·fies
To subject to gentrification: gentrify a row of Victorian houses.
[gentr(y) + -fy.]
gentri·fier n.
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Verb1.gentrify - renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"
freshen up, refurbish, renovate - make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
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gentrify [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ] VT → aburguesar
gentrify
vt area → aufwerten (durch Renovierungsarbeiten, Zuzug von sozial Bessergestellten etc)


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