civilise - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society. The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons. beskaaf يُمدِّن، يُحضِّـر цивилизовам civilizar (z)civilizovat zivilisieren opdrage; civilisere εκπολιτίζωcivilizar tsiviliseerima متمدن کردن sivistää civiliser לְתַרבֵּת सभ्य बनाना prosvijetiti, obrazovati, civilizirati civilizál membudayakan, memajukan siða, mennta, siðmennta civilizzare 文明化する 문명화 되다 civilizuoti, kultūrinti civilizēt memperadabkan beschavensivilisere, gjøre dannet/kultivert cywilizować باستانی civilizar a civiliza цивилизовать civilizovať civilizirati civilizovati civilisera ทำให้มีความศิวิไลซ์ uygarlaştırmak, medenileştirmek 使開化 цивілізувати مہذب ہونا khai hóa 使开化，使文明
ˌciviliˈzation, ˌciviliˈsation noun
1. the act of civilizing, or process or state of being civilized. beskawing تَمْدين، تَحَضُّر، تمدُّن цивилизоване civilização civilizování, civilizace die Zivilisation civilisering εκπολιτισμός civilización tsiviliseerimine متمدن سازی sivistys civilisationתרבות सभ्यता civilizacija, uljudba civilizáció peradaban siðmenning civilizzazione 教化 문명화 civilizacija civilizācija peradaban beschavingsivilisasjon, dannelse, kulturcywilizacja باستانی کول civilização civilizare цивилизованность civilizácia civiliziranje civilizovanje civilisering, civilisation ความศิวิไลซ์ uygarlaşma, medenîleşme 開化 цивілізація تہذیب sự khai hóa 开化
2. a civilized people and their way of life. the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece. beskaafde مَدَنِيَّه، حَضارَه цивилизация civilização civilizace die Kultur civilisation; kultur πολιτισμόςcivilización tsivilisatsioon تمدن sivilisaatio civilisation תַּרבּוּתִיים सभ्य लोग और उनकी जीवनशैली civilizacija, uljudba kultúra peradaban siðmenntuð þjóð civiltà 文明 문명화 된 사람과 삶 civilizacija civilizācija tamadun beschavingsivilisasjon, kulturcywilizacja تمدن civilização civilizaţie цивилизация civilizácia civilizacija civilizacija civilisation, kultur ผู้มีอารยธรรม uygarlık, medeniyet 文明 культура, цивілізація تہذیب یافتہ لوگ nền văn minh 文明
Beijing: China's capital Beijing yesterday launched a new effort to "civilise" its residents by clamping down on queue-jumping and smoking ahead of a summit for Asian leaders later this year.
(12) Although, as Henry Reynolds has argued, Glenelg's principal concern had been to ensure that Indigenous rights to the land were protected, a focus by the colonial administration on the project to 'civilise' Aborigines ensured that the process of clearing the land of its original owners to enable European settlement could proceed unhindered.