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He made you city dwellers and civilized you with good laws and customs.
THE MIGHTY MACEDONIAN PHALANX: 6 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOWDATTATREYA MANDALJULY 29, 2022REALM OF HISTORYSometimes it takes just one civilizing meal to make us feel like ourselves again.
DANIEL BOULUD ON THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF RESTAURANTS IN RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMICANNE QUITOJUNE 8, 2021QUARTZAlexander Stuart, the third interior secretary, once declared that the United States’ mission was to “civilize or exterminate” native people.
WHY SENATE REPUBLICANS FEAR DEB HAALANDJULIAN BRAVE NOISECATFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA person who had resided some time on the coast of Africa, was asked if he thought it possible to civilize the natives?
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSNothing but slavery ever partially civilized him, nothing but slavery continued in some form can civilize him further!
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY, 1995, MEMORIAL ISSUEVARIOUSBut our object in the country is to civilize and Christianize the Indian tribes among whom we are located.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XXXJOEL PALMERAre they useful men helping to civilize and elevate their less fortunate fellows?
THE NEGRO PROBLEMBOOKER T. WASHINGTON, ET AL.History furnishes us with abundant and specific evidence of his capacity to civilize and Christianize.
HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880. VOL 1GEORGE W. WILLIAMSWith the exception of the railway I am not aware that any attempts have been made to civilize the Manchus.
EMPIRES AND EMPERORS OF RUSSIA, CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPANPTER VAYMendoza the better to civilize these turbulent tribes, chose a site for a city in the midst of their population.
MEXICOSUSAN HALEWORDS RELATED TO CIVILIZE
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- better
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- bring on
- brown-nose
- butter up
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- discipline
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- further
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- get next to
- get on good side of
- improve
- nourish
- nurse
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- promote
- refine
- run after
- seek friendship
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- informing
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- letting in on
- maturing
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- putting hip
- putting through the grind
- rearing
- schooling
- showing the ropes
- training
- tutoring
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