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civilised

verbadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd//

Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of civilisesimple past and past participle of civilise

adjective

  1. 1

    Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized.

Forms

comparative
more civilised
superlative
most civilised
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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