Humanize

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  • transitive verb. To portray or endow with human characteristics or attributes; make human.
  • transitive verb. To imbue with humaneness or human kindness; civilize.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To synthesize (a monoclonal antibody) using cells of an organism, usually a mouse, in which a sequence of non-human DNA has been replaced by a sequence of human DNA so that the resulting antibody is more compatible with the human immune system.
  • transitive verb. To substitute the variable region of (a chimeric monoclonal antibody) with a human sequence of amino acids by replacing a sequence of non-human DNA in such an organism with a sequence of human DNA.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make human; give or attribute a human character to; render conformable to human nature or requirements.
  • To render humane or gentle; make susceptible or agreeable to human feeling; refine or soften the human character of; civilize.
  • To become human or humane; become civilized.
  • Also spelled humanise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
  • transitive verb. To give a human character or expression to.
  • transitive verb. To convert into something human or belonging to man.
  • intransitive verb. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make human, to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make more humane
  • Word Usage
    "Unlike some commentators who concluded that through the recounting of these events with their frequent expressions of dismay with the program and its methods, Littell was attempting to "humanize" Dr. Aue, I found the portrait of SS officers manifesting a degree of struggle with the task they'd been assigned a compelling alternative to the usual image of Nazis as unambiguously malevolent."
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    aluminize  
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    soften  
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