civilize | English to English Dictionary

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civilize

('s/I/v/@/,l/aI/ )

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment(verb.social)

Synonym:
civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train

source: wordnet30
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state(verb.change)

Example:
The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized.

Synonym:
civilise

source: wordnet30
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.(verb)

source: webster1913

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