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Verb
S:
(v)
educate (educate%2:41:01::)
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school (school%2:41:02::)
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train (train%2:41:01::)
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cultivate (cultivate%2:41:00::)
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civilize (civilize%2:41:00::)
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civilise (civilise%2:41:00::)
(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment)
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
sophisticate (sophisticate%2:41:00::)
(make less natural or innocent)
"Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
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sister term
S:
(v)
educate (educate%2:41:01::)
,
school (school%2:41:02::)
,
train (train%2:41:01::)
,
cultivate (cultivate%2:41:00::)
,
civilize (civilize%2:41:00::)
,
civilise (civilise%2:41:00::)
(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment)
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
S:
(v)
polish (polish%2:30:01::)
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refine (refine%2:30:01::)
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fine-tune (fine-tune%2:30:01::)
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down (down%2:30:00::)
(improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
"refine one's style of writing"
S:
(v)
better (better%2:30:01::)
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improve (improve%2:30:01::)
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amend (amend%2:30:00::)
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ameliorate (ameliorate%2:30:01::)
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meliorate (meliorate%2:30:01::)
(to make better)
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
S:
(v)
change (change%2:30:01::)
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alter (alter%2:30:01::)
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modify (modify%2:30:10::)
(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"
derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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S:
(v)
civilize (civilize%2:30:01::)
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civilise (civilise%2:30:01::)
(raise from a barbaric to a civilized state)
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody