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uncivilizing

uncivilizing is the present participle and gerund of uncivilize.

Meaning of uncivilize

Verb

uncivilize (third-person singular simple present uncivilizes, present participle uncivilizing, simple past and past participle uncivilized)

  1. (transitive) To make uncivilized.
    • May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age
    Synonyms:
    decivilize

Questions about uncivilizing

What is uncivilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Uncivilizing is the present participle and gerund of uncivilize.

Words near uncivilizing in the dictionary

  1. uncivilize
  2. uncivilized
  3. uncivilizedly
  4. uncivilizedness
  5. uncivilizes
  6. uncivilizing
  7. uncivilly
  8. uncivilness
  9. UNCK WT
  10. unclad
  11. uncladded

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