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civilize
verb
(civ-i-lize)
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Synonyms:
civilise
,
cultivate
,
educate
,
school
,
train
,
civilize
verb
(civ-i-lize)
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
Synonyms:
civilise
,
Examples:
The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized.
Words Related to
civilize
!
educate
,
cultivate
,
modernize
,
develop
,
train
,
school
,
civilise
,
subjugate
,
enslave
,
colonize
,
westernize
,
enlighten
,
christianize
,
noncivilized
,
liberate
,
acculturate
,
domesticate
,
incivilization
,
christianise
,
emancipate
,
exterminate
,
ennoble
,
secularize
,
mythologize
,
extirpate
,
sovietize
,
islamise
,
europeanize
,
conciliate
,
islamize
,
enfranchise
,
reeducate
,
edify
,
universalize
,
sexualize
,
deflower
,
pacify
,
americanise
,
industrialise
,
revivify
,
idealise
,
decolonise
,
humanize
,
gentrify
,
industrialize
,
demythologize
,
idealizes
,
reacquaint
,
ingratiate
,
marginalize
,
disempower
,
estranges
,
recolonize
,
conquer
,
abase
,
evangelise
,
democratize
,
urbanize
,
humanise
,
evangelize
,
transfigure
,
enthrone
,
beggared
,
vivify
,
moralize
,
americanize
,
humiliate
,
cleanse
,
collectivize
,
inculcate
,
seduce
,
dehumanize
,
despoiling
,
efface
,
prettify
,
militarise
,
secularise
,
balkanise
,
popularize
,
oppress
,
brutalise
,
agriology
,
repopulate
,
militarize
,
decolonized
,
coarsen
,
romanticise
,
ghettoize
,
enfeeble
,
extenuate
,
westernise
,
befriend
,
sanctify
,
assimilate
,
woo
,
condescend
,
depopulate
,
spiritualize
,
valorize
,
emasculate
,
civilize
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