Humanize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humanize \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. [Also spelled {humanise}.]
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              Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures
              with compassion?                      --Addison.
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     2. To give a human character or expression to. "Humanized
        divinities." --Caird.
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     3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to
        man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. i.
     To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be
     ameliorated.
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           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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  humanize
       v : make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the
           big city" [syn: {humanise}] [ant: {dehumanize}]