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Webster 1913 Edition
Civilization
Civˊi-li-za′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
civilisation
.] 1.
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with
civilization
, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles – . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. Burke
2.
(Law)
Rendering a criminal process civil.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Civilization
CIVILIZATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; the state of being refined in manners, from the grossness of savage life and improved in arts and learning.2.
The act of rendering a criminal process civil.