"civilize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-civilize.wav Forms: civilizes [present, singular, third-person], civilizing [participle, present], civilized [participle, past], civilized [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French civiliser, corresponding to civil + -ize. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|civiliser}} French civiliser, {{suffix|en|civil|ize}} civil + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} civilize (third-person singular simple present civilizes, present participle civilizing, simple past and past participle civilized)
  1. American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise. Wikipedia link: civilize Synonyms: civilise [British, Non-Oxford] Derived forms: civilizable, civilizee, civilizer, decivilize, overcivilize, recivilize, uncivilize Related terms: civilisation, civilization, civil, city, civitas, civilian, citizen
    Sense id: en-civilize-en-verb-y-fKvH7m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 34 6

Inflected forms

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