Word Meaning

humanize definition and meaning

v. t. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
v. t. To give a human character or expression to.
v. t. To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.