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Definitions for: Humanize
[v] make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"
Webster (1913) Definition: Hu"man*ize, v. i.
To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be
ameliorated.
By the original law of nations, war and extirpation
were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees,
it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step
was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery.
--Franklin.
Hu"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Humanizing.] [Cf. F. humaniser.]
1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by
overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine
or civilize.
Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures
with compassion? --Addison.
2. To give a human character or expression to. ``Humanized
divinities.'' --Caird.
3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to
man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Synonyms: humanise
Antonyms: dehumanise, dehumanize
See Also: alter, change
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