civilise

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Plain form
civilise

Third-person singular
civilises

Past tense
civilised

Past participle
civilised

Present participle
civilising

  1. (transitive) When you civilise someone, you educate that person on how to have a higher standard of behaviour.
    Our teacher civilised us today, stressing the importance of respecting others.

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