CIVILIZE


Meaning of CIVILIZE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a civilized society

A civilized society should treat its elderly members well.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

man

Without a stable family order, in which adult men civilize the young men, terror necessarily rules.

Madness has always been a favorite choice of the civilized man who prepares himself for a noble achievement.

We need a different verbal umbrella to cover the private actions of civilized men and women.

It is quite simply impossible to sustain a civilized society if the men are constantly disrupting it.

He was an extraordinary man , one of the most civilized and cultured men I have ever met.

Who could blame modern woman if she yearns for something more civilized than modern man ?

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a civilized hour

Can't we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes of Europe.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But I wish he'd civilize his living arrangements.

By the year gold was discovered, disease and the civilizing process had already reduced this number to some 100, 000.

Queequeg is seen to be more delicate and civilized than most of the Christians that Ishmael has known.

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