English to Afrikaans Meaning of Civilize - Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "beskaaf" is om 'n plek of mense na 'n stadium van sosiale, kulturele en morele ontwikkeling te bring wat as meer gevorderd beskou word. Dit kan die verbetering van infrastruktuur, onderwys en gesondheidsorg insluit, asook die bevordering van sosiale en morele waardes soos respek vir ander, geregtigheid en gelykheid. Daarbenewens kan dit verwys na die proses van onderrig of leer hoe om op 'n sosiaal aanvaarbare manier op te tree, of om meer gekultiveerd of verfynd te word in 'n mens se gedrag of houdings.

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "beskaaf" is om 'n plek of mense na 'n stadium van sosiale, kulturele en morele ontwikkeling te bring wat as meer gevorderd beskou word. Dit kan die verbetering van infrastruktuur, onderwys en gesondheidsorg insluit, asook die bevordering van sosiale en morele waardes soos respek vir ander, geregtigheid en gelykheid. Daarbenewens kan dit verwys na die proses van onderrig of leer hoe om op 'n sosiaal aanvaarbare manier op te tree, of om meer gekultiveerd of verfynd te word in 'n mens se gedrag of houdings.

Synonyms

civilise

Sentence Examples

They seemed but ordinary cattle however, this confirmed my first opinion, that a people who could so far civilize brute animals must needs excel in wisdom all the nations of the world.
Ships are sent with the first opportunity the natives driven out, or destroyed their princes tortured to discover their gold a free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust, the earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants and this execrable crew of butchers, employed in so pious an expedition, is a modern colony, sent to convert and civilize an idolatrous and barbarous people.
If a prince sends forces into a nation where the people are poor and ignorant, he may lawfully put half of them to death, and make slaves of the rest, in order to civilize and reduce them from their barbarous way of living.