Thesaurus: civilize
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- v. t. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
- v. t. To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
- v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
- v:100 v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state