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.
Hu"man*ize, 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.
