[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

civilize \civ"ilize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. civilized; p. pr. 
   vb. n. civilizing. cf. f. civilizer, fr.l. civilis civil.
   see civil.
   1. to reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules
      and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
      1913 webster

            yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose
            her land to civilize, as to subdue.   --dryden
      1913 webster

   2. to admit as suitable to a civilized state. obs. or r.
      "civilizing adultery." --milton.

   syn: to polish; refine; humanize.
        1913 webster
see also:
civilized civilizing civil 

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The Civilizing of Genie by Maya Pines © 1997
...... CIVILIZING OF GENIE. MAYA PINES.   ... ..
http://kccesl.tripod.com/genie.html, score=100, date indexed=February 1, 2006, 6:09 pm

EMLS 4.2/ SI 3 (September, 1998): 3.1-34]Civilizing Wales: <i>Cymbeline</i>, ...
...Civilizing Wales: Cymbeline, Roads and the Landscapes of Early Modern ... Sullivan, Garrett A. "Civilizing Wales: Cymbeline, Roads and the ... ..
http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/04-2/sullshak.htm, score=92, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 2:41 am

Civilizing the City -- Peter F. Drucker full-text article
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http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/winter98/drucker.html, score=86, date indexed=January 13, 2006, 7:15 am

civilizing heroes
...After looking for his selfless, civilizing hero on the gridiron, in ... All these ancient civilizations spoke of Civilizing Heroes such as ... ..
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/data/true-history-atlantis-page-2/civilizing_20heroes.html, score=86, date indexed=December 19, 2005, 12:12 am

Scheff
...There are two key problems in considering the civilizing process to be ... Arguments about the civilizing process are so abstract that they can ... ..
http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/social/elias/confpap/scheff2.html, score=86, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 1:29 pm

H-Soz-u-Kult / Tagungsberichte / Varieties of the Civilizing Mission. World ...
...Wie schnell die Idee einer "civilizing mission" entstellt werden kann ... Auf diese Weise steuerten Afrikaner die "civilizing mission" in eine ... ..
http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=369, score=78, date indexed=January 12, 2006, 9:29 am

Ask Jeeves Results - China National Net Civilizing Project
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http://web.ask.com/web?q=China+National+Net+Civilizing+Project&qsrc=0&page=1, score=74, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 12:50 pm

DV) Alam: Some Economic Results of the Civilizing Mission
...... Mission can be advanced safely. By its nature, the Civilizing Mission ... There was nothing wrong with the Civilizing Mission or orthodox ... ..
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/Alam0814.htm, score=72, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 10:06 am

Ralph McInerny
...... Notre Dame saw itself as a civilizing force in this New World.. An ... A CIVILIZING FORCE. Ralph McInerny Maybe twenty years ago, Father Leo ... ..
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ACADEMIC/CIVILFOR.HTM, score=64, date indexed=January 14, 2006, 1:26 pm

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