savagizev.
/ˈsavɪdʒʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsævᵻˌdʒaɪz/ transitive. To make savage; to cause to adopt a way of life regarded as primitive or uncivilized. Frequently in passive. Also intransitive: to become savage.
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1794 P. J. Schuyler Let. 2 Feb. 1 in Schuyler Family Coll. (N.Y. State Libr.) Box 2, folder 19 Heavenly God, is it possible that French men who heretofore were considered as a people of more urbanity than the surrounding nations should have savagized to the degree mentioned in your letter.
1817 Analectic Mag. Feb. 153 The chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson).
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 140/1 Earnshaw has been allowed to grow up on the farm, a man savageized.
1884 H. H. Bancroft & H. L. Oak Hist. Northwest Coast I. xiii. 424 There are many tribes of Indians and islanders more expert with their canoes..than any European, however savagized by forest life.
1947 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 17 Oct. 4 Perhaps we made a big mistake The savages to cuss; And instead of civilizing them—We shoulda let them ‘savagize’ us!
2005 S. Hunter Now playing at Valencia iii. 149 For he has not civilized the natives; they have savagized him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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