Hyphenation of civilizes

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

civ-i-lizes

Definitions of civilizes:

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

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