Associations to the word «Gentrify»

Wiktionary

GENTRIFY, verb. (transitive) to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes

Dictionary definition

GENTRIFY, verb. Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky