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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, verb (used with an object) [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. [Also spelled {humanise}.]
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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