Found 2 items, similar to humanize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: humanize humanize v : make more humane; “The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city” [syn: humanise] [ant: dehumanize]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Humanize Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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]