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Humanize

Humanize Meaning & Definition
Humanize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Humanize?

[v] make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Humanize: humanise

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See Also | alter | change

Humanize In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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