humanifyv.
/hjʊˈmanᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /hjuˈmænəˌfaɪ/ rare (chiefly Theology in early use).
transitive. To make human (in various senses). Cf. humanize v.
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the world > people > [verb (transitive)] > make human
hominify1579
humanize1603
humanify?1630
rehumanize1749
personify1768
mortalize1831
?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1198 For his owne Sonne to be humanified, and being man to be crucified.
?1694 I. Chauncy Doctr. according to Godliness xx. 153 The Divine Nature is not humanifyed, nor the human deifyed.
1773 W. Batty Hymns & Spiritual Songs lx. 85 Natures two, but person one, Immanuel God with us, This a name to all unknown, But him who bruised was: Human nature not made God, Nor the divine humanify'd.
1863 J. A. Dorner Hist. Dev. Person Christ III. 306 He regards Christ Apollinaristically as destitute of human soul, as a union of God and man whose purpose is to humanify the idea of God.
1997 G. Bouklas Psychotherapy with Elderly xii. 240 The seminars offer a place for managers to learn approaches that would humanify the workplace, increase the mutual respect within the organization, and create a mood of interdependence.
1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse iii. 78 A place of modest beauty, its shores are completely humanified by an encasement of ‘cottages’ and, at its southern end, the sprawl of Jamestown.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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