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met•ro•pol•i•tan•ize
Pronunciation: (me"tru-pol'i-tn-īz"), [key]—
v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
to make metropolitan.
Also, esp. Brit.,met"ro•pol'i•tan•ise".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.