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verb (v)

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train
  

  source: wordnet30
• raise from a barbaric to a civilized state(verb.change)

  Example:
  The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized.
  

  Synonym:
  civilise
  

  source: wordnet30
• To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.(verb)

  source: webster1913