What does it mean to be civilized?
A simple definition is to live positively within an organized society.
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transitive verb
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1. to cause to develop out of a primitive state especially to bring to a technically advanced and rationally ordered stage of cultural development
2 a. educate refine b. socialize
intransitive verb
intransitive verb
to acquire the customs and amenities of a civil community
Related Forms
1. civ·i·liz·er noun
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