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Humanize

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Verb

1. humanise, humanize

make more humane

Example Sentences:
'The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Humanize

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verb
1. 
to make or become human
2. 
to make or become humane

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Humanize

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhumanˌized or ˈhumanˌizing
1. 
to make human; give a human nature or character to
2. 
to make humane; make kind, merciful, considerate, etc.; civilize; refine
verb intransitive
3. 
to become human or humane

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Humanize

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tr.v. hu·man·ized, hu·man·iz·ing, hu·man·iz·es
1. To portray or endow with human characteristics or attributes; make human: humanized the puppets with great skill.
2. To imbue with humaneness or human kindness; civilize: acts of courtesy that humanize life in a big city.
3.
a. To modify (a nonhuman compound, cell, organ, or organism) such that some of its components are replaced with human forms of those components, usually by means of genetic engineering.
b. To replace most of the variable region of (a monoclonal antibody from a nonhuman source) with a human sequence of amino acids so that the resulting antibody is more compatible with the human immune system.

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