Humanize
Pronunciation : Hu"man*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. humaniser.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hu"man*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913