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Syn. -- Urbanity; affability; complaisance.

Civ"i*li`za*ble (?), a.
Capable of being civilized.

Civ`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
civilisation.] 1. The act of
civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture;
refinement.

Our manners, our civilization, and all the good
things connected with manners, and with civilization,
have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two
principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of
religion.

Burke

2. (Law) Rendering a criminal
process civil. [Obs.]

Civ"i*lize (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Civilized (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L.
civilis civil. See Civil.] 1.
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and
customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose

Her land to civilize, as to subdue.

Dryden

2. To admit as suitable to a civilized
state.


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