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Meaning of word civilize from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.

Example : Cultivate your musical taste.
Train your tastebuds.
She is well schooled in poetry.

Synonyms : civilise, cultivate, educate, school, train

Meaning : Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.

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

Synonyms : civilise

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.