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.

Archaic spelling of civil.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize

present participle of civilize

(chiefly informal) civil engineering

plural of civilization

The state or quality of being civil.

(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.