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civilise

/ˈsɪvəlaɪz/verb

उच्चारण सिवलाइज़

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    [T]

    to educate and improve a person or a society; to make somebody's manners or behaviour better

    सभ्य बनाना, सुसंस्कृत करना

    • Education is meant to civilise, not just to train.
    • The colonial rulers claimed that they had come to civilise the people.

    Synonyms educate enlighten refine cultivate

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civilisation nouncivilised adjective