Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CIV'IL-IZE
CIV'IL-IZE, v.t. [It. civilizzare; Fr. civiliser; Sp. and Port. civilizar; from civil.]
To reclaim from a savage state; to introduce civility of manners among a people, and instruct them in the arts of regular life. – Locke. Waller. Denham.
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