Word: civilizes
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ci
vi
li
zes
Definition: Third-person singular of civilize; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Morphemes:
Affix: civil
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cīvis
Language: la
Decoded: civis
Meaning: citizen
Affix: -īlis
Language: la
Decoded: -ilis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ile; used to form an adjective noun of relation, frequently passive, to the verb or root.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.