[syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Civilized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil.
See Civil.]
1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules
and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
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Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose
Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden
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2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.]
"Civilizing adultery." --Milton.
Syn: To polish; refine; humanize.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Civilized \Civ"i*lized\, a.
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts,
learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
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Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not
reconcilable with the present state of civilized
society. --J. Quincy.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
civilized
adj 1: having a high state of culture and development both
social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked
the civilized world" [syn: civilized, civilised]
[ant: noncivilised, noncivilized]
2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "civilized":
Christian, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, beautified, becoming,
befitting, bettered, bland, comme il faut, conforming, converted,
correct, cultivated, cultured, dainty, decent, deep, delicate,
developed, discriminating, done, educated, elegant, embellished,
encyclopedic, enhanced, enriched, erudite, fastidious, fine,
graceful, gracile, gracious, improved, learned, lettered, literate,
nice, pansophic, perfected, polished, polyhistoric, polymath,
polymathic, profound, refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic,
smooth, sophisticated, studious, subtle, transfigured, transformed,
urbane, wise