What is the meaning of civilise?

verb

  • Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.
    • usage: "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
  • Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.
    • usage: "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
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