Source : WordNet®

civilise
     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}, {civilize}]
     2: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child
        found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
        [syn: {civilize}]