English to English verb
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teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | | Example: Cultivate your musical taste Train your tastebuds She is well schooled in poetry
source: wordnet30
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raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | | Example: The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized
source: wordnet30
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To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. | | source: webster1913
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