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civilize [ˈsɪvəlaɪz] VB trans

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The idea that we can civilize these savages is beyond ludicrous.
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With its basketball courts, climbing features and other amenities, it has managed to civilize the space and connect the two sides.
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It civilized them and provided them with the lifelong security that they needed.
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He proposes that colonization, while claiming to civilize the colonies, actually produces the opposite effect, refuting the claims of positive aspects of colonialism.
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Secondly he wanted to civilize them into an agricultural or more urbanized lifestyles.
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Cities tried to keep the proletarians out or tried to civilize them by forcing them to work in poor houses.
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Leaving the task of civilizing his people to his son, he gathers together a band of old comrades to sail beyond the sunset.
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Some people may that this is hard but if we want to civilize them we must do that.
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He knocks her out and returns home with her, restrains her in a cellar, and directs his family to participate in civilizing her.
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With the same noble purpose, to educate and civilize the people, he wrote many essays as well as booklets for children.
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