civilize

Verb
  1. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment (synset 202393545)
    "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
    is a type of: down, fine-tune, polish, refine - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
    subtypes: sophisticate - make less natural or innocent
    same as: civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train
  2. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state (synset 200412237)
    "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: civilise

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