Definitions For Civilizing

verb

  • 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 Civilizing 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
25
Words with Friends
30

The word Civilizing is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Civilizing 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.

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