Civilise

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  civilise
       v 1: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate
            your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is
            well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school}, {train},
             {cultivate}, {civilize}]
       2: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child


          found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
          [syn: {civilize}]