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1civilize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. educate, cultivate, refine; reclaim, enlighten. See improvement, courtesy, fashion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. enlighten, cultivate, enrich, reclaim, refine, render civil, acculturate, polish,… …
2civilize — v. a. Refine, cultivate, educate, polish, enlighten, improve, humanize, reclaim from barbarism …
3humanize — v. a. 1. Soften, make humane. 2. Civilize, cultivate, refine, polish, improve, enlighten, educate, reclaim from barbarism, fill with sensibility to justice, truth, and beauty …
4Aquilonia (Conan) — Aquilonia is a fictional country created by Robert E. Howard as part of his Hyborian world, created for his character Conan the Barbarian. Conan eventually becomes king of this country. Howard was quite precise concerning the geographic… …
5March Upcountry — This article is about the science fiction novel. For Xenephon s account of the march of the Ten Thousand through Persia, see Anabasis (Xenophon). March Upcountry   …
6France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
7Miguel Angel Asturias: Nobel Lecture — ▪ Primary Source Nobel Lecture, 12th December 1967 (Translation) The Latin American Novel Testimony of an Epoch I would have preferred this meeting to have been called a colloquium instead of lecture a dialogue of… …
8Stonewall riots — The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are… …
9History of Chechnya — The History of Chechnya refers to the history of Chechens, Chechnya, and the land of Ichkeria. Chechen society has traditionally been organized around many autonomous local clans, called taips. The traditional Chechen saying goes that the members …
10Crusades — This article is about the 11th, 12th and 13th century religious military campaigns. For other uses, see Crusade (disambiguation) and Crusader (disambiguation). The …
