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CIVILIZE verb

Definition of 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"
- synonyms: civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
- "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
- synonyms: civilise

Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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