| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To reduce from civilization to a savage state.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: decivilizing, decivilized, decivilizes, decivilizer, decivilizers, decivilizingly and decivilizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DECIVILIZE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Decivilize \De*civ"i*lize\, transitive verb. To reduce from civilization to savage state.. (references) |
