Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.

Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. i.
   To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be
   ameliorated.

         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.

Source : WordNet®

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