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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"

W: (n) education (education%1:07:01::) [Related to: educate] (the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)) "a woman of breeding and refinement"
W: (n) cultivation (cultivation%1:26:00::) [Related to: cultivate] (a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality) "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
W: (n) civilization (civilization%1:07:00::) [Related to: civilize] (the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste) "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
W: (n) civilisation (civilisation%1:07:00::) [Related to: civilise] (the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste) "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

S: (v) civilize (civilize%2:30:01::), civilise (civilise%2:30:01::) (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state) "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"