Associations to the word «Civilise»
Noun
- Civilisation
- Savage
- Barbarian
- Primitive
- Aborigine
- Mankind
- Nation
- Englishmen
- Luxury
- Native
- Intercourse
- Nadir
- Instinct
- Superiority
- Christendom
- Superstition
- Morality
- Latham
- Warfare
- Dread
- Behaviour
- Transvaal
- Plough
- Malay
- Myth
- Wild
- Neighbour
- Calamity
- Darwin
- European
- Epoch
- Negroes
- Creed
- Nomad
- Traveller
- Greatness
- Boer
- Custom
- Romans
- Forgetting
- Combatant
- Necessity
- Mythology
- Race
- Missionary
- Cruelty
- Greek
- Tribe
- Semi
- Aboriginal
- Society
- Desert
- Ignorance
- Christianity
- Ancestor
- Humanity
- Outrage
Adjective
Wiktionary
CIVILISE, verb. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
CIVILISE, verb. 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.
CIVILISE, verb. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Dictionary definition
CIVILISE, verb. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".
CIVILISE, verb. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.