Alternative spelling of civilise

UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization

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

(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.

(countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

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

A Bronze Age civilization from the Indus river valley; the Harappan civilization.