† dissavagev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To bring out of a savage condition; to tame, to civilize.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > make civilized [verb (transitive)]
civil1584
civilize1595
reclaim1603
unbeast1611
dissavage1631
unbarbarize1648
unbrute1670
disbarbarize1803
unbrutify1812
debarbarize1823
snivelize1849
unbrutalize1852
1631 G. Chapman Warres Pompey & Caesar i. Those wilde kingdomes..Which I dissavag'd and made nobly ciuill.
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