Defenition of the word civilize

Defenition of the word civilize
- make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
- train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
- train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment