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civicize

civicize verb: to make civic.

Verb

civicize (third-person singular simple present civicizes, present participle civicizing, simple past and past participle civicized)

  1. (transitive) To make civic.
    • Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 60

Forms of civicize

third-person singular presentcivicizes
present participlecivicizing
past participlecivicized
pastcivicized

Origin of civicize

From civic + -ize.

Questions about civicize

What does civicize mean?
Civicize means to make civic.
What part of speech is civicize?
Civicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of civicize?
The past tense of civicize is civicized.

Words near civicize in the dictionary

  1. civically
  2. civicism
  3. civicist
  4. civicists
  5. civicization
  6. civicize
  7. civicized
  8. civicizes
  9. civicizing
  10. civicminded
  11. civicmindedness

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