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<syn>Syn. -- Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Hu*mane"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hu*mane"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Hu*man"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The study of human nature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>T. W. Collins.</i>

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<hw>Hu*man"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>humanifying</b> of the divine Word. <i>H. B. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hu"man*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Human nature or disposition; humanity.</def>

<blockquote> looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract <b>humanism</b>. <i>T. Hardy.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The study of the humanities; polite learning.</def>

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<hw>Hu"man*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>humaniste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name <i>Humanist</i> as their distinctive title.</def>

<i>Schaff-Herzog.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One versed in knowledge of human nature.</def>

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<hw>Hu`man*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to humanity; <as>as, <ex>humanistic</ex> devotion</as>.</def>

<i>Caird.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to polite kiterature.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

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<hw>Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Theol. & Ch. Hist.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; <as>as, a <ex>humanitarian</ex> view of Christ's nature</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Benevolent; philanthropic.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

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