verb
renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
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gentrify a row of old houses
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gentrify the old center of town
• Derivationally related forms: ↑gentrification
• Hypernyms: ↑refurbish, ↑renovate, ↑freshen up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.