civilize
Example Sentences
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Heaney was born with a subject he often resisted, and “Digging” turns away from violence to the civilizing necessity of work.
Though a fork and knife make one feel civilized while digging into the roast, this ruby glass of Rioja Alta doesn’t hurt.
From Salon
Any civilized society must cultivate and maintain an intellectual class.
From Salon
Norman Allenby-Smith, the chairman of the 650-member Sandbanks Community Group says he has also been trying to find a civilized solution but has so far "failed".
From BBC
Tylor and Robertson Smith agreed, however, that what Tylor called the “essential rationality of primitive peoples” linked the savage past and the civilized present.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
