civilize

Words with a similar base: civilize

'civilize'

[educate.v.03] as in: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

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

'civilize'

[civilize.v.02] as in: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

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

Origins

					civilize (English)
└── civiliser (French)
    ├── -iser (French)
    │   └── -izare (Latin)
    │       └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    └── civil (French)
        └── civilis (Latin)
            ├── -ilis (Latin)
            └── civis (Latin)

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