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Verb: civilise 'sivu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=civilize)
- Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize - Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilised"
- civilize
Derived forms: civilised, civilising, civilises See also: civilisation [Brit] Type of: alter, change, down, fine-tune, modify, polish, refine Encyclopedia: Civilise |