To civilize is to make someone or something more tame or refined, and less wild. A new police chief might try to civilize a city by cracking down on small crimes.
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Verb
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
Verb
train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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.
Civilize
Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue.2.
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Usage Examples
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
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Other Usage ExamplesEither you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
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