civilize has definitions from the field of education
1
[ verb ] (education) train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment

Examples

"Cultivate your musical taste" "Train your tastebuds" "She is well schooled in poetry"

2
[ verb ] raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

Synonyms

civilise

Examples

"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

Related terms

change civilisation

3
[ verb ] make a country technologically advanced

Examples

"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace" "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

*