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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [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.
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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