1962 S. E. Finer xi. 190 How far it is possible for a military régime, starting with quasi-civilian institutions,..ultimately to re-civilianize itself.
2000 (Nexis) 3 Jan. a7 Event organizers said they had been ‘recivilianized’ after being forced to carry automatic weapons and hand grenades during the civil war that has gripped the West African nation for the past decade.