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.
is civilizing
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present progressiveof civilize (3rd person singular).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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Commerce is civilizing because "the power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast."
From Four American Leaders by Charles William Eliot
