Europeans tried to civilise the tribe.
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Civilise
//ˈsɪvɪlaɪz//
Synonyms for "civilise" (7 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քաղաքակրթել verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Belarusian
1 entries- цывілізава́ць verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Bulgarian
1 entries- цивилизовам verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Danish
1 entries- civilisere verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Dutch
2 entries- beschaven verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- civiliseren verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Esperanto
1 entries- civilizi verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Estonian
1 entries- tsiviliseerima verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Finnish
1 entries- sivistää verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
French
1 entries- civiliser verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
German
1 entries- zivilisieren verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Hungarian
1 entries- civilizál verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Italian
2 entries- civilizzare verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- incivilire verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Manx
2 entries- ardveeinee verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- beasee verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Polish
2 entries- cywilizować verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- ucywilizować verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Romanian
1 entries- civiliza verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Russian
1 entries- цивилизова́ть verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Spanish
3 entries- civilizar verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- culturizar verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- desasnar verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Swedish
1 entries- civilisera verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Ukrainian
1 entries- цивілізува́ти verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Vietnamese
3 entries- giáo hóa verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- khai hóa verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
- truyền bá văn minh verb (to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Therefore we ought to go to the savages, not to civilise them, but even to learn philosophy from them.
Source: tatoeba (10946070)
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