uncivilizev.
transitive. To deprive of civil, civilized, or civic character; to decivilize. Also absol.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > render uncivilized [verb (transitive)]
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > be or become uncivilized [verb (intransitive)] > render uncivilized
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1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Pref. 26 When the civill Swords vncivilliz'd In mightist Empires.
1633 Match at Mid-night iv. H 2 b I will uncivillize that injured civilitie which you so scurvily slander.
1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. ii. 16 That is commonly the vanity of great empires, to uncivilize in a manner all the rest of the world.
1811 Henry & Isabella II. 207 If the principle of force is to be sanctioned, the tendency of it is to uncivilize.
1811 Henry & Isabella II. 212 Nor do I mean to deny that..it would not have the same effect of uncivilizing.
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