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HUMANISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make more humane

Example:

The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city

Synonyms:

humanise; humanize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "humanise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

humanisation (the act of making more human)

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