civilise
English
/ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/
verb
Definitions
- To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
- To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Etymology
Suffix from English civil.
Origin
English
civil
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-civil English
- civil English
- civil violation English
- civilish English
- civilize English
- civilly English
- civilness English
- decivilise English
- incivil English
- noncivil English
- uncivil English
- cīvīlis Latin
- civil Middle English
- sifil Welsh
- kīwila Hawaiian