civilizing
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civilises, 3rd person singular present; civilized, past participle; civilised, past participle; civilised, past tense; civilized, past tense; civilizes, 3rd person singular present; civilizing, present participle; civilising, present participle;
/ˈsivəˌlīz/,
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civilises, 3rd person singular present; civilized, past participle; civilised, past participle; civilised, past tense; civilized, past tense; civilizes, 3rd person singular present; civilizing, present participle; civilising, present participle;
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Bring (a place or people) to a stage of social, cultural, and moral development considered to be more advanced
- - a civilized society
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Polite and well-mannered
- - such an affront to civilized behavior will no longer be tolerated
Web Definitions:
- (civilize) educate: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- (civilize) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
- Civilization (or civilisation) is a term used to describe specific stages of human social development and organization considered to be most advanced. The term is also used to refer to a human society that meets such requirements. ...
- (Civilizes) Mission civilisatrice (the French for "civilisatory mission"; in Missão civilizadora) is a rationale for intervention or colonisation, proposing to contribute to the spread of civilization, mostly amounting to the Westernization of indigenous peoples.
- (civilize) Alternative spelling of civilise