| humanize | 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. "Humanised divinities." 3. <medicine> To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. Origin: Cf. F. Humaniser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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