- 1. v. t. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To give a human character or expression to. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. Source: opted
- 4. v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated. Source: opted
- 5. v. make more humane Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. 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
- 7. To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, tohumanize vaccine lymph. Source: adambom
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