civilise

from 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}]
    

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