Humanize — Defs

01 v. t. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.

imp. & p. p. Humanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing

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.
3.
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.(Med.)

02 v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.

1.
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.