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Definition of Humanises
1. humanise [v] - See also: humanise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanises
Literary usage of Humanises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... and of Man—Exploration of the Universe and of the Globe—Science—The Fine Arts
and Scholarship—Art humanises the Conceptions of the Church—Three Stages ..."
2. Lessons of the French Revolution, 1789-1872 by John Benn Walsh Ormathwaite (1873)
"... mental and moral cultivation extends its influence to lower strata in civilised
communities, and in a lesser degree elevates and humanises the whole. ..."
3. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"Any operation which thus humanises and rationalises objects is called art.
All art has an instinctive source and a material embodiment. ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"If breakfasts or dinners are organised for the hungry he frequently takes the
meals with them. He thus humanises both discipline and ..."
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