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Verb: gentrify  'jen-tru,fI
  1. Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
    "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old centre of town"

Derived forms: gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified

Type of: freshen up, refurbish, renovate

Encyclopedia: Gentrify

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