Definition of civilize

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

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Civilized :: Civilized (imp. & p. p.) of Civiliz.
Decivilize :: Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Semibarbarism :: Semibarbarism (n.) The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
Civilization :: Civilization (n.) The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement..
Savage :: Savage (n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners..
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Semibarbaric :: Semibarbaric (a.) Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display..
Uncivil :: Uncivil (a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Savagism :: Savagism (n.) The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness..
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day..
Goth :: Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country..
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement..
Cherokees :: Cherokees (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America..
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