OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 17110

civilized

/ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
civilizado
Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood…
Like the wolf, man the hunter in killing the weak and unfit, actually works to maintain the health of the herd. But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out…
📚 verb • entry_id 47747

civilise

/ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
civilizar • culturizar • desasnar
To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.