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Urban

Ur′ban

,

Adj.

[L.

urbanus

belonging to the [GREEK]ity or town, refined, polished, fr.

urbs

,

urbis

, a city: cf. F.

urbain

. Cf.

.]

1.

Of or belonging to a city or town;

as, an

urban

population

.

2.

Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane;

as,

urban

manners

.

Urban servitude

.

See

Predial servitude

, under

.