Hu·man·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing ]
  1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. [Also spelled humanise.]
     Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?   --Addison.
  2. To give a human character or expression to. “Humanized divinities.”
  3. Med. To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.