Hyphenation of Civilize

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Civilize? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Civ-i-lize

Definitions of Civilize:

1.	Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment Cultivate your musical taste Train your tastebuds She is well schooled in poetry
2.	Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

Synonyms of Civilize:

verb	educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise, polish, refine, fine-tune, down
verb	civilise, change, alter, modify

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.