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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca