"civilise" meaning in English

See civilise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-civilise.wav Forms: civilises [present, singular, third-person], civilising [participle, present], civilised [participle, past], civilised [past]
Etymology: From civil + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|civil|ise}} civil + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} civilise (third-person singular simple present civilises, present participle civilising, simple past and past participle civilised)
  1. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour. Translations (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour): քաղաքակրթել (kʻaġakʻakrtʻel) (Armenian), цывілізава́ць (cyvilizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), цивилизовам (civilizovam) (Bulgarian), civilisere (Danish), civiliseren (Dutch), beschaven (Dutch), tsiviliseerima (Estonian), sivistää (Finnish), civiliser (French), zivilisieren (German), civilizál (Hungarian), incivilire (Italian), civilizzare (Italian), ardveeinee (Manx), beasee (Manx), cywilizować [imperfective] (Polish), ucywilizować [perfective] (Polish), civiliza (Romanian), цивилизова́ть (civilizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), civilizar (Spanish), desasnar [colloquial] (Spanish), culturizar (Spanish), civilisera (Swedish), цивілізува́ти (cyvilizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), giáo hóa (Vietnamese), khai hóa (Vietnamese), truyền bá văn minh (Vietnamese)
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  2. 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.
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  3. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: civilize (english: American and Oxford British spelling) Derived forms: decivilise, uncivilise Related terms: civilisation, civilization, civil, city, civitas, civilian, citizen

Inflected forms

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