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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
- Example: "Cultivate your musical taste"
- Example: "Train your tastebuds"
- Example: "She is well schooled in poetry"
[syn: educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]

2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state;
- Example: "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
[syn: civilize, civilise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

civilise
    v 1: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
         "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds";
         "She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
         train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
    2: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child
       found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized" [syn:
       civilize, civilise]