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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Civilized}; p. pr &
vb n. {Civilizing}.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil.
See {Civil}.]
1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules
and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her
land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden
2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.]
``Civilizing adultery.'' --Milton.
Syn: To polish; refine; humanize.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Civilized \Civ"i*lized\, a.
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts,
learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not
reconcilable with the present state of civilized
society. --J. Quincy.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
civilized
adj 1: having a high state of culture and development both social
and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the
civilized world" [ant: {noncivilized}]
2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a
genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: {cultivated}, {cultured},
{genteel}, {polite}]
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