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HUMANIZE
humanize, humanise
(verb) make more humane; “The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
humanize (third-person singular simple present humanizes, present participle humanizing, simple past and past participle humanized)
(transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
(transitive) To make sympathetic or relatable.
(intransitive) To become humane or civilized.
(transitive, medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to humans.
Antonyms
• dehumanize
Etymology 2
Verb
humanize (third-person singular simple present humanizes, present participle humanizing, simple past and past participle humanized)
To make humane.
Source: Wiktionary
Hu"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Hu"man*ize, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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