to civilize
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪz/
:
civilizar
- Teachers aim to civilize their students by promoting respect and good manners.
- civilizing mission
- civilizing influence
- civilizing process
They haven't like evolved enough or become civilized enough?
- They haven't like evolved enough or become civilized enough?
- This further decline I call the civilising process.
- Children typically are kind of jerks, you know, and, and need to be civilized.
- They had a well developed culture long before human beings even began to be civilized, right?
- Instead of finding these men and civilizing them, these governments manipulate the data, hide the data.
- It's a tiny little island in a cold, rainy part of the ocean just north of the European continent that conquered and civilized the entire world.
- I don't know, but it was done specifically for that idea that continues to interest me is how did man become civilized?
- Well, that may be civilizing in the short term, but it doesn't help you grow up in the long term is the problem with it.
- It is a beast I civilize with my magic, which is what they say in the book, right?
- Now, once you have noticed that how you act is where culture and society and civilizing men comes in, right?
- They want to be able to release themselves and vent in public and not have to pretend and act all polite and civilize and all that.
Examples
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We certainly missed your civilizing influence.
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No, it was fate that chose us to civilize the world.
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And take me home and try and civilize me...
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Maybe gay and lesbian people could civilize marriage.
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His mission was to cleanse and civilize the dangerous classes.
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They wanted to civilize me, which most people thought was a right nice idea.
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What they need, of course, is the civilizing influence of a stable and refined environment.
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They would civilize the savage regions of the Southern Hemisphere.
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In Salazar's view, a higher power had assigned Portugal the special duty to civilize non-European populations around the world.
Academic text (1996) -
The great healing effect of publicity is that by revealing man's nature, it civilizes him.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
To teach someone skills by practice and help
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4.1
To help a skill, interest or relationship grow
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3.0
To teach or train someone in a skill
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4.8
To make something kinder and more caring toward people
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3.5
To teach a person or animal how to behave with others
Make someone care more about right and wrong by teaching or warning them
Antonyms
How Civilized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word civilize comes from the old Latin root civis meaning 'citizen' and is related to the everyday word city. So, to civilize someone is to make them more like a town person: polite, with good manners and an interest in learning.