| VERB | social | civilize, educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
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| change | civilize, civilise | raise from a barbaric to a civilized state |
| Sounds | sih'vahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise | |
| Narrower | sophisticate | make less natural or innocent |
| Broader | polish, refine, fine-tune, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
| Spanish | civilizar, cultivar, educar | |
| Catalan | civilitzar, educar | |
| Nouns | civilization | the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste |
| Meaning | Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized" | |
| Synonym | civilise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | civilizar, desenvolupar, modernizar | |
| Catalan | civilitzar, desenvolupar, modernitzar | |
| Nouns | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) |
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