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civilize

verb

Etymology

Borrowed from French civiliser, corresponding to civil + -ize.

  1. borrowed from civiliser

Definitions

  1. American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at civilize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01civilize02civilise03savagery04barbarity05barbaric06uncivilized07civilization08civilizing

A definitional loop anchored at civilize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at civilize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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