unbarbarizev.
transitive. To render less barbarous; to civilize. Hence (or < un- prefix2 2) unˈbarbarized adj. civilized.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > make civilized [verb (transitive)]
civil1584
civilize1595
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unbeast1611
dissavage1631
unbarbarize1648
unbrute1670
disbarbarize1803
unbrutify1812
debarbarize1823
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unbrutalize1852
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] > civilized
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unbrutizeda1711
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1648 J. Beaumont Psyche viii. ccxxv. 132 Mothers..Who in their Arms their tender Burdens brought: A Sight which might all Beasts unbarbarize.
1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 150 Of these original Irish, most of the Persons of Quality understand English, and lead a Life totally unbarbarized.
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 11 May (1932) (modernized text) V. 1873 The Courts at Mannheim and Bonn, I take to be a little more unbarbarised than some others.
1812 R. Southey Let. to Landor 16 Apr. Peru may be unbarbarized— made worse than it was under the Incas by the victory of the Indians.
1893 G. Tyrrell in M. D. Petre Autobiogr. & Life G. Tyrrell (1912) II. ii. 57 If Newman were studied and assimilated it would tend to unbarbarise us.
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