 civilize |
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| 1. | [ verb ] (education) train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment | |
| Synonyms: | educate train cultivate civilise school | |
| Examples: | "Cultivate your musical taste" "Train your tastebuds" "She is well schooled in poetry" |
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| Related terms: | polish gloss sophisticate education civilisation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | |
| Synonyms: | civilise | |
| Examples: | "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized" |
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| Related terms: | change civilisation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a country technologically advanced | |
| Synonyms: | develop modernize modernise | |
| Examples: | "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace" "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" |
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| Related terms: | change change develop development | |
| Similar spelling: |
civilized civilise civilised Civils civil_list |
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