civilise
/ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/
verb 3
Collocations
2VERB + CIVILISE
tried
CIVILISE + NOUN
tribe
Definitions
verb
1
To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
2
To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
3
To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
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Europeans tried to civilise the tribe.
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Therefore we ought to go to the savages, not to civilise them, but even to learn philosophy from them.
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