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Adjective: civilised 'sivu`lIzd
Usage: Brit (=civilized)
- Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
"terrorist acts that shocked the civilised world"
- civilized - Marked by refinement in taste and manners
- civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
Verb: civilise 'sivu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=civilize)
- Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize - Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilised"
- civilize
See also: advanced, civil, civilisation [Brit], educated, humane, refined Type of: alter, change, down, fine-tune, modify, polish, refine Encyclopedia: Civilise Civilised |