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<i>Caird.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To convert into something human or belonging to man; <as>as, to <ex>humanize</ex> vaccine lymph</as>.</def>

<h1>Humanize</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"man*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated.</def>

<blockquote>By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. <b>Humanizing</b> by degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Humanizer</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"man*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who renders humane.</def>

<h1>Humankind</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"man*kind`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mankind.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Humanly</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"man*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; <as>as, the present prospects, <ex>humanly</ex> speaking, promise a happy issue</as>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Kindly; humanely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Humanness</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"man*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being human.</def>

<h1>Humate</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>humus</ets> the earth, ground.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of humic acid.</def>

<h1>Humation</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>humatio</ets>, fr. <ets>humare</ets> to cover with earth, to inter, fr. <ets>humus</ets> the earth, ground. See <er>Homage</er>.]</ety> <def>Interment; inhumation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Humbird</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Humming bird.</def>

<h1>Humble</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Humbler</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Humblest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>humilis</ets> on the ground, low, fr. <ets>humus</ets> the earth, ground. See <er>Homage</er>, and cf. <er>Chameleon</er>, <er>Humiliate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; <as>as, a <ex>humble</ex> cottage</as>.</def>

<blockquote>THy <b>humble</b> nest built on the ground. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.</def>

<blockquote>God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the <b>humble</b>. <i>Jas. iv. 6.</i></blockquote>