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Civilize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To raise from barbarism to an enlightened stage of development; bring out of a primitive or savage state.

v. To educate in matters of culture and refinement; make more polished or sophisticated.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Alternative spelling of civilise.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

v. To admit as suitable to a civilized state.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reclaim from a savage or semi-barbarous state; introduce order and civic organization among; refine and enlighten; elevate in social and individual life.

To make subject to a civil instead of a criminal process.

To place under civil, as opposed to military, control; transfer from military to civil control.

To behave civilly or with propriety.

Also civilise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

Verb Form

civilized civilizes civilizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change modify alter

Cross Reference

refine

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

humanize refine polish reclaim debarbaize

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

civilised rational peaceful enlighten prosperous