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humanise

humanise \humanise\ v. Same as humanize. [Chiefly Brit.]

humanise

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.]

    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.

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humanise

vb. (standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling humanize English)

WordNet
humanise

v. make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city" [syn: humanize] [ant: dehumanize]

Usage examples of "humanise".

We find our interest in a humanised state-craft, makes us, in spite of our vast difference in training and habits, curiously akin.

I did not know what to make of the new knowledge that I hummed them to myself at my desk, but it was some consolation that this unconscious habit had at least partially humanised me to my staff.

Instead of humanising the drab office, they sat in it with all the ease of exhibits.

Sad pot plants were dotted around the desk's plastic tops in an effort to humanise what appeared to be no more than a processing plant.