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Definition of Humanize
1. Verb. Make more humane. "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Humanisation, Humanization
Antonyms: Dehumanize
Definition of Humanize
1. v. t. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
2. v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
Definition of Humanize
1. Verb. To make human, to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanize
1. to make human [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Medical Definition of Humanize
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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. "Humanised divinities."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanize
Literary usage of Humanize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs by Joseph Cradock, John Bowyer Nichols (1828)
"Nor think ye Fair, your glories more confin'd, Who sooth the heart, or humanize
the mind; The generous labour will at length recoil, The generous labour ..."
2. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1815)
"... just as if those arts that humanize and polish mankind could be promoted by
such means, anil by such a " You will excuse, my dear Sir, I am sure, ..."
3. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"SEXES, humanize EACH OTHER. Cohon. No improvement that takes place in either of
the sexes, can be confined to itself; each is a universal mirror to each; ..."
4. Theological Criticisms, Or, Hint of the Philosophy of Man and Nature: In Six ...by F. W. Adams by F. W. Adams (1843)
"1 And, if she dont get trained, 1 will adroit, ' ';>> That she may humanize the
... humanize ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"We can humanize our science teaching by relating it to the idea of human achievement.
... We can humanize science teaching by giving up the attempt to make ..."
6. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and (1914)
"To humanize war seemed to me then a hypocrisy and a satire, leading to its being too
... To refuse to humanize war for fear of making it too frequent, ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"... distinguished by their predilection for those arts which humanize, and are
Jot likely to forego any occasions of practising their usual magnanimity. ..."
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