Associations to the word «Civilise»
Noun
- Civilisation
- Savage
- Barbarian
- Primitive
- Aborigine
- Mankind
- Nation
- Englishmen
- Luxury
- Native
- Intercourse
- Nadir
- Instinct
- Superiority
- Christendom
- Superstition
- Morality
- Latham
- Warfare
- Dread
- Behaviour
- Transvaal
- Plough
- Malay
- Myth
- Wild
- Neighbour
- Calamity
- Darwin
- European
- Epoch
- Negroes
- Creed
- Nomad
- Traveller
- Greatness
- Boer
- Custom
- Romans
- Forgetting
- Combatant
- Necessity
- Mythology
- Race
- Missionary
- Cruelty
- Greek
- Tribe
- Semi
- Aboriginal
- Society
- Desert
- Ignorance
- Christianity
- Ancestor
- Humanity
- Outrage
Adjective
Wiktionary
CIVILISE, verb. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
CIVILISE, verb. 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.
CIVILISE, verb. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Dictionary definition
CIVILISE, verb. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".
CIVILISE, verb. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.