civilize

v 1: train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment;

"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds";

"She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school},

{train}, {cultivate}]

2: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in

Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing

rapidly" [syn: {modernize}, {develop}]