civilize
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine.
civilizable
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a word derived from
civilize.
Example Sentences
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To it perhaps more than to any other cause we must attribute the civilizable and the civilized state of mind.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The Japanese are a civilizable and civilized race, and must be treated as such.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
