Definitions For Civilize
verb
- Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
- Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- To teach (a person or group of people) to behave in a way that you think is more polite and gentle
- To make (something) more gentle, fair, reasonable, etc.
- To cause (a group of people) to have a more highly organized and modern way of living
Is Civilize a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
25
The word Civilize is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Civilize in a Sentence
- Her parents hoped that boarding school might civilize her some.
- A teacher who had a civilizing influence on the students
- He is credited with civilizing the treatment of people with mental illnesses.