Civilize | Mean of civilize in English Dictionary

/ˈsɪvəˌlaɪz/

• Verb
• to teach (a person or group of people) to behave in a way that you think is more polite and gentle
1. Her parents hoped that boarding school might civilize her some.
2. a teacher who had a civilizing influence on the students
• to make (something) more gentle, fair, reasonable, etc.
1. He is credited with civilizing the treatment of people with mental illnesses.
2. efforts to civilize the health-care system
• to cause (a group of people) to have a more highly organized and modern way of living
1. They believed it was their duty to civilize the native people.