To make human, to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
AddisonWas it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?
1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 5, A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ … ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
(medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to humans.to humanize vaccine lymphhumanized monoclonal antibodies
