English verb: civilize | |||
1. | civilize (social) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | ||
Samples | Cultivate your musical taste. Train your tastebuds. She is well schooled in poetry. | ||
Synonyms | civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | down, fine-tune, polish, refine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sophisticate | ||
2. | civilize (change) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | ||
Samples | The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized. | ||
Synonyms | civilise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||