Definition of civilize

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Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

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Agriology :: Agriology (n.) Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
Choctaws :: Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory..
Omahas :: Omahas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.
Barbarism :: Barbarism (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness..
Savage :: Savage (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners..
Heathenish :: Heathenish (a.) Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel.
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Civilizer :: Civilizer (n.) One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize..
Decivilize :: Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Goth :: Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person..
Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe..
Savagism :: Savagism (n.) The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness..
Humanize :: Humanize (v. i.) To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
Christian :: Christian (a.) Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America..
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine..
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Uncivil :: Uncivil (a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.
Civilizable :: Civilizable (a.) Capable of being civilized.
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