ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
1. Made civil; in a state of civilization.
1611. Cotgr., Civilisé … Ciuilized, made ciuile.
1692. Bentley, Boyle Lect., v. 176. Those Savages were not then what civilized mankind is now.
1776. Johnson, in Boswell, 21 March. The advantages of civilized society.
1839. Thirlwall, Greece, IV. 281. The ancient civilised world.
1862. Ruskin, Munera Pulv. (1880), 37. A civilized mercantile community.
2. Of or pertaining to civilized men.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, III. x. 129. Such civiliz’d deportment, shews of Love.
1739. Cibber, Apol. (1756), I. 181. A few civiliz’d hands signified their approbation.
1855. J. F. Johnston, Chem. Com. Life, II. 308. The luxury of civilised perfumes.
a. 1859. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., V. 74. The strangers spoke no civilised language.
1875. Lubbock, Orig. Civilis., App. 467.
Hence Civilizedness, civilized quality or condition.
1879. M. Arnold, Equality, Mixed Ess. 86. France owes … her civilisedness to equality.
