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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [Also spelled humanise.] [1913 Webster] Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a human character or expression to. "Humanized divinities." --Caird. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. [1913 Webster]