transitive. To transform or reduce (a town) to the size of a village.Apparently an isolated use.
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1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 120 Their Towns trans-villag'd, the Ten Tribes, transported To a far Clime.
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