civilized

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

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

(adj) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological. Synonyms: civilized (vs. noncivilized), civilised. Example: "Terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world."

(adj) marked by refinement in taste and manners. Synonyms: civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite. Examples: "Cultivated speech." "Cultured bostonians." "Cultured tastes." "A genteel old lady." "Polite society."