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Definition of Civilised

1. Adjective. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological. "Terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

2. Adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. "Polite society"

Definition of Civilised

1. Verb. (past of civilise) ¹

2. Adjective. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of civilized) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Civilised

1. civilise [v] - See also: civilise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilised

civilian clothing civilian dress civilian garb civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services civilianization civilianizations civilianize civilianized civilianizes civilianizing

civilians civilisation civilisational civilisations civilise civilised (current term) civilises civilish civilising civilist

civilists civilities civility civilizable civilization civilization-state civilizational civilizations civilize civilized

Literary usage of Civilised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"There is a superficial difference between savage and civilised warfare in their tactics, weapons, and usages; a civilised army does not actually worship a ..."

2. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... development within the limits of the same tribe—Natural selection as affecting civilised nations— Evidence that civilised nations were once barbarous. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Thus the modern Hindu, though using civilised means for lighting his ... In like manner magic still existe in the civilised world as a survival from the ..."

4. The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man: Mental and by John Lubbock (1875)
"This unfortunate people is described as haying been decidedly more civilised than those by which they were surrounded. Having, then, no neighbours more ..."

5. The Elements of English Constitutional History: From the Earliest Times to by Francis Charles Montague (1903)
"I. Connection with the civilised World.—The Angles and Saxons had been among ... In their new home they had learnt little from the civilised people which ..."

6. An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion by George Cornewall Lewis (1875)
"All the civilised nations of the modern world, together with their colonies and ... Christendom includes the entire civilised world—that is to say, ..."

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