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civilianise

civilianise is the alternative form of civilianize.

Meaning of civilianize

Verb

civilianize (third-person singular simple present civilianizes, present participle civilianizing, simple past and past participle civilianized)

  1. To convert from military or law enforcement to civilian operation or control.
  2. To change the status of (a member of the armed forces) to that of a civilian.

Forms of civilianise

third-person singular presentcivilianises
present participlecivilianising
past participlecivilianised
pastcivilianised

Origin of civilianise

From civilian + -ise.

Questions about civilianise

What is civilianise the alternative form of?
Civilianise is the alternative form of civilianize.

Words near civilianise in the dictionary

  1. civilian
  2. civilian service
  3. civilian time
  4. civilian times
  5. civilianisation
  6. civilianise
  7. civilianised
  8. civilianises
  9. civilianising
  10. civilianism
  11. civilianisms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: civilianise (page history and authors); civilianize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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