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1. (verb) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

2. (verb) civilize, civilise
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

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