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• v  teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• v  raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
  The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

• educate
• school
• train
• cultivate
• civilise

News & Articles

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• Civil tone sought at meetings: City considers conduct code
  The mayor of Great Falls is on a mission to civilize the public comment period during City Commission meetings.
  Aug. 1, 2013 - Great Falls Tribune

Quotes

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• John Adams in WorldNetDaily
  America's second president, John Adams, said, "The Jews have done more to civilize men than any other Nation. They are the most glorious Nation that ever inhabited the earth. The Romans and their Empire were but a bauble in comparison to the Jews....
• William McKinley in Democracy Now
  And president-they would know, if they knew history, that President McKinley said, "We're going into the Philippines to civilize and Christianize the Filipinos."