humanise

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A form of humanize — To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.

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OriginEnglish human ← Middle English humayne ← Middle French humain →
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Meanings

verbhumanise (third-person singular simple present humanises, present participle humanising, simple past and past participle humanised)

present singular third person humanises · participle present humanising · participle past humanised · past humanised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of humanize.

    So researchers have developed Yucatan miniature pigs that have gone through 69 genomic modifications to "humanise" their organs.

    2026 September 3, James Gallagher, “Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake more humane

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinhūmānu
  2. Old Frenchumain
  3. Middle Frenchhumain
  4. Middle Englishhumayne
  5. Englishhuman
  6. Englishhumanise

From human + -ise.

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APA

humanise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanise

MLA

“humanise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanise.

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