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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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