civilize (v.)

• acculturate
• advance
• ameliorate
• amend
• anthropomorphize
• better
• boost
• broaden
• catechize
• demonstrate
• direct
• domesticate
• edify
• educate
• elevate
• emend
• enhance
• enlighten
• enrich
• fatten
• favor
• forward
• foster
• ground
• guide
• humanize
• illumine
• improve
• inform
• instruct
• lard
• lift
• meliorate
• mend
• nurture
• polish
• promote
• raise
• refine
• reform
• school
• show
• socialize
• tame
• teach
• transfigure
• transform
• upgrade
• uplift