Civilize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"
"Train your tastebuds"
"She is well schooled in poetry"
2
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
3
Alternative spelling of civilise
Example Sentences
"Cultivate your musical taste"
verb
"Train your tastebuds"
verb
"She is well schooled in poetry"
verb
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Origin
This word comes from the French verb civiliser, which combines the root for "civilian" with a suffix meaning "to make." Originally, it meant to bring someone or something into a state of civilization.