Associations to the word «Civilize»
Noun
- Egyptian
- Effort
- Islam
- Notion
- Hero
- Ambition
- Attempt
- Duty
- Southeast
- Progress
- Nationalist
- Regime
- Habit
- Romans
- Belief
- Asia
- Ritual
- Spaniard
- Wisdom
- Impulse
- American
- Pursuit
- Bloom
- Congo
- Christian
- Inhabitant
- Society
- Vietnam
- Greek
- Policy
- Patron
- Agriculture
- People
- Reservation
- Agent
- Norm
- Power
- Conversion
- Teaching
- Idea
- Virtue
- World
- Objective
- Self
- Nature
- Vii
- Liberty
- Conquest
- Western
- Assumption
- France
- Greece
- Discourse
- Economic
- French
- Spanish
- Reform
- Improvement
- Conviction
- Manner
- Protestant
- Spread
- Historian
- Cult
Adjective
Wiktionary
CIVILIZE, verb. Alternative spelling of civilise
Dictionary definition
CIVILIZE, verb. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".
CIVILIZE, verb. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.