1. civilize - verb
· teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
Synonym(s): educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise
Hypernym(s): polish, refine, fine-tune, down
2. civilize - verb
· raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
Synonym(s): civilise
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
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