(not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. / (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

Alternative spelling of civilise

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World

Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization. / Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.

simple past tense and past participle of civilize

Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. / (chiefly in the plural) An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy.

plural of civilization

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize

plural of civility