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.
are civilizing
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present progressiveof civilize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Both claim to be egalitarian forms of social engineering and are civilizing, millennial, universal, missionary pseudo-religions.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin
It is true that your work has been more particularly from the horticultural view point, but, as I said in the beginning, fruits and flowers are civilizing and home making influences.
