Part 1958

<h1>Civet</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To scent or perfume with civet.</def>

<i>Cowper</i>

<h1>Civic</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.civicus, fr. <ets>civis</ets> citizen. See <er>City</er>.]</ety> <def>Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.</def>

<cs><col>Civic crown</col> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Civicism</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The principle of civil government.</def>

<h1>Civics</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science of civil government.</def>

<h1>Civil</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Civ"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>civilis</ets>, fr. <ets>civis</ets> citizen: cf. F. <ets>civil</ets>. See <er>City</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.</def>

<blockquote>England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew <b>civil</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.</def>

<blockquote><b>Civil</b> men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. <i>Preston</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.</def>

<note>&hand; "A <i>civil</i> man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a <i>civil</i> man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'"</note>

<i>Trench</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.</def>

<cs><col>Civil action</col>, <cd>an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding.</cd> -- <col>Civil architecture</col>, <cd>the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc.</cd> -- <col>Civil death</col>. <fld>(Law.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Death</er>.</cd> -- <col>Civil engineering</col>. <cd>See under <er>Engineering</er>.</cd> -- <col>Civil law</col>. <cd>See under <er>Law</er>.</cd> -- <col>Civil list</col>. <cd>See under <er>List</er>.</cd> -- <col>Civil remedy</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution.</cd> -- <col>Civil service</col>, <cd>all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs.</cd> -- <col>Civil service reform</col>, <cd>the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office.</cd> -- <col>Civil state</col>, <cd>the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states.</cd> -- <col>Civil suit</col>. <cd>Same as <i>Civil action<i>.</cd> -- <col>CCivil war</col>. <cd>See under <er>War</er>.</cd> -- <col>Civil year</col>. <cd>See under <er>Year</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Civilian</h1> <Xpage=260>

<hw>Ci*vil"ian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Civil</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One skilled in the civil law.</def>

<blockquote>Ancient <b>civilians</b> and writers upon government. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A student of the civil law at a university or college.</def>

<i>R. Graves.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.</def>