Found 3 items, similar to civilize.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: civilize membudayakan, memperadabkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: civilize civilize 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, civilise] 2: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; “The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized” [syn: civilise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Civilize Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Civilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See Civil.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. [1913 Webster] Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden [1913 Webster] 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] “Civilizing adultery.” --Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. [1913 Webster]