civilize
pronunciation
How to pronounce civilize in British English:
UK [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]
How to pronounce civilize in American English:
US [ˈsɪvəlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
Word Origin
- civilize (v.)
- c. 1600, "to bring out of barbarism," from French civiliser, verb from Old French civil (adj.), from Latin civilis "relating to a citizen, relating to public life, befitting a citizen; popular, affable, courteous" (see civil). Meaning "become civilized" is from 1868. Related: Civilized; civilizing.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The national destiny is to civilize the benighted world .
- 2. He must civilize people from past to reach today .
- 3. Civilize , his wife has a civilizing influence on him .
- 4. I 'm on a mission to civilize , not to entertain .
- 5. No , it was fate that chose usto civilize the world . And we have .