CIVIL
\sˈɪvə͡l], \sˈɪvəl], \s_ˈɪ_v_əl]\
Definitions of CIVIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
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applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
By Princeton University
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of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
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applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
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Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
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Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
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Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
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Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; - said of the community.
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Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; - said of an individual.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
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Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
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Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
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Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
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Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; - said of the community.
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Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; - said of an individual.
By Noah Webster.
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Civilly.
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Pertaining to the community: having the refinement of city bred people: polite: commercial, not military: lay, not ecclesiastical.
By Daniel Lyons
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Civilly.
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Formally polite.
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Of or pertaining to a citizen.
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Occurring between citizens of the same country, as a war.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Relating to the community, political ; not foreign, intestine ; not ecclesiastical ; not military ; civilized, not barbarous ; complaisant, gentle, well bred; relating to the ancient consular or imperial government, as civil law.
By Thomas Sheridan