a. [see -ABLE.] Capable of being civilized.
c. 1840. R. Chambers, Ess., Ser. I. (1866), 180. A race of animals, like a race of men, is civilisable.
1873. Morley, Rousseau, I. 183. Diversities in the civilizable quality of races.
a. [see -ABLE.] Capable of being civilized.
c. 1840. R. Chambers, Ess., Ser. I. (1866), 180. A race of animals, like a race of men, is civilisable.
1873. Morley, Rousseau, I. 183. Diversities in the civilizable quality of races.
