Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humanize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humanize \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humanize
v : make more human [syn: {humanise}] [ant: {dehumanize}]
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