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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 | ||
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