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(), 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. Hu"manize v. i.To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated. By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. Franklin. スポンサード リンク
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