- (v.t.) To give a human character or expression to.
- (v.t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
- (v.i.) To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
- (v.t.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "humanize" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/humanize/definitions/2017706> |