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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To subject to gentrification.
  • intransitive verb To undergo gentrification.

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  • verb transitive to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[gentr(y) + –fy.]

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