humanitarian 
but denying his divinity. 2. Having regard 
to the interests of humanity, or all mankind ; 
broadly philanthropic. 
Humanitarian, wider of scope than philanthropic, is a 
word preguant with significance. 
F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 316. 
II. n. 1. In theol.: (a) One who asserts the 
mere humanity of Jesus Christ, and denies his 
divinity; a Unitarian. Some humanitarians hold 
that Christ was the subject of a divine inspiration which 
rendered his human nature an extraordinary one. (f>) 
One who maintains the perfectibility of hu- 
man nature without the aid of grace. 2. One 
who adopts the doctrine or theory that man's 
sphere of duty is limited to a benevolent in- 
terest in and practical promotion of the welfare 
of the human race, apart from all considera- 
tions of religion. 3. A philanthropist, 
humanitarianism (hu-man-i-ta'ri-an-izm). . 
[< humanitarian + -ism,] 1. In theol., the doc- 
trine that Jesus Christ possessed a human na- 
ture only. 2. The doctrine that mankind may 
become perfect without divine aid. 3. The doc- 
trine that benevolence or philanthropy forms 
the sum of man's duties. 
Pierre Leroux, who at a later period became the ex- 
ponent of Humanitarianitm, a kind of Saint-Slmonism 
modified and tinctured with Hegelian philosophy. 
K. T. Ely, French and German Socialism, p. 72. 
4. Humane or humanitarian principles ; com- 
prehensive humanism or philanthropy. 
Christianity, by reason of the simplicity of its doctrines, 
the sublime humanitarianism of its ethics. 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, II. 58. 
Humanitarianium aims at the reorganization of socie- 
ty, so that all shall possess equal advantages for gaining a 
livelihood and contributing to the welfare of society. 
L. F. Ward, Dynam. SocioL, II. 460. 
humanitiant (hu-ma-nish'an), . [Irreg. < hu- 
manity + -zan.] A' humanist. 
There was an orator there, a man of great reading, a sin- 
gular scholar, and an excellent humanitian. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 688. 
Nay, sir, I have read history, I am a little humanitian. 
B. Jonsm, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 3. 
humanity (hu-man'i-ti), n. [< ME. humanitye, 
< OF. human'ite, humainete, F. humaniti = Pr. 
humanitat = Sp. humanidad = Pg. humanidade 
= It. umanita = D. humaniteit = G. humani- 
tat = Dan. Sw. humanitet, < L. humanita(t-)s, 
human nature, humanity, also humane con- 
duct, < humanus, human, humane: see human, 
humane.] 1. The condition or quality of be- 
ing human; human character or nature. 
The nature and condition of man, wherin he is lesse than 
God Almyghty, and excellynge not withstandyng al other 
creatures in erth, is called humanitie. 
Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, ii. 8. 
There is no such thing as stereotyped humanity; it must 
ever be a vague, bodiless idea, because the concrete units 
from which it is formed are independent realities. 
J. H. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 288. 
In the deluge, Fintan escaped by taking the form of a 
salmon, until the receding waters left him high and dry 
on Tara Hill, when he resumed his humanity. 
W. S. Gregg, Irish Hist, for Eng. Readers, p. 4. 
2. Mankind collectively ; the human race. 
Humanity must perforce prey on itself, 
Like monsters of the deep. 
Shalr., Lear, iv. 2. 
It was cutting very close to the bone to carve such a 
shred of humanity from the body politic to make a sol- 
dier of. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 61. 
3. The character of being humane ; considera- 
tion for the sensibilities of others, and sympa- 
thy with their needs or suffering; kindness; 
benevolence ; a disposition to relieve distress, 
whether of men or of animals, and to treat all 
creatures kindly. 
To withdraw something from thyself to give to other 
that is a point of humanity and gentleness, which never 
taketh away so much commodity as it bringeth again. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 7. 
Are you angry, sir, 
Because you are entertain'd with all humanity! 
Freely and nobly us'd? 
Beau, and Fl., Custom of the Country, iii. 2. 
The notion of what, for want of a better phrase, I must 
call a moral brotherhood in the whole human race has 
been steadily gaining ground during the whole course of 
history, and we have now a large abstract term answering 
to this notion Humanity. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 64. 
4t. Politeness; civility. 
To prate in thy maysters presence, it is no humanitye. 
Babees Book (E, E. T. S.), p. 86. 
There cannot be a greater argument of the general good 
understanding of a people than a sudden consent to give 
their approbation of a sentiment which has no emotion 
in it. If it were spoken with never so great skill in the 
actor, the manner of uttering that sentence could have 
nothing in it which could strike any but people of the 
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greatest humanity nay, people elegant and skilful In 
observations upon it. Steele, Spectator, No. 502. 
5. Learning or literature of a merely human 
or secular kind: opposed to divinity: general- 
ly in the plural, with reference to the several 
branches of such literature, as philology, gram- 
mar, rhetoric, poetry, the study of the ancient 
classics, and the like. In Scotland, in the singu- 
lar, applied to Latin and Latin literature alone : 
as, a professor of humanity. 
Philological studies, when philology . . . was restricted 
to the cultivation of the languages, literature, history, 
and archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly 
called literro humaniores, or, in English, the humanities; 
and it is the conviction of their value as a moral and intel- 
lectual discipline which has led scholars almost univer- 
sally to ascribe the origin of this appellation to a sense of 
their refining, elevating, and humanizing influence. This, 
however, I think is an erroneous etymology. They were 
called literse humaniores, the humanities, by way of op- 
position to the literse dlrimc, or divinity, the two studies, 
philology and theology, then completing the circle of 
scholastic knowledge, which, at the period of the intro- 
duction of the phrase, scarcely included any branch of 
physical science. O. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., iii. 
humanization (hu'man-i-za'shqn), n. [< hu- 
manize + -ation."] Tne act of humanizing, or 
the state of being humanized; a making hu- 
man or humane; assimilation to humanity. 
Also spelled humanisation. 
It is under that name [duty] that the process of humani- 
zation ought to begin and be conducted throughout. 
Coleridge, Table Talk. 
humanize (hu'man-iz), v. ; pret. and pp. hu- 
manised, ppr. humanizing. [= F. humaniser = 
Pg. humanisar; as human + -4ze.] I. trans. 
1 . To make human ; give or attribute a human 
character to ; render conformable to human na- 
ture or requirements. 
Socrates, . . . by his plain simplicity, without any coun- 
terfeit vanity whatsoever, hath humanized, as I may so 
say, philosophy, and attributed it to humane reason. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 986. 
Man, . . . considered simply as a being of this world, was 
to the Greek the expression of all that was best and bright- 
est in his thoughts. What could he do but humanise his 
gods? Faitht of the World, p. 163. 
2. To render humane or gentle ; make suscep- 
tible or agreeable to human feeling; refine or 
soften the human character of; civilize. 
Song might tell 
What huiHtiiiiziiuj virtues near her cell 
Sprang up, and spread their fragrance wide around. 
Wordsworth, Off Saint Bees' Heads. 
It is always humanizing to see bow the most rigid creed 
is made to bend before the kindlier instincts of the heart. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 113. 
Humanized lymph. See lymph. Humanized virus. 
See virus. 
H. intrans. To become human or humane; 
become civilized. 
By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were 
the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it 
admitted slavery instead of death ; a further step was the 
exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. Franklin. 
Also spelled humanise. 
humanizer (hu'man-i-zer), n. One who hu- 
manizes. Also spelled humaniser. 
humankind (hu'man-kind'), n. The race of 
man ; mankind ; the human species. 
A knowledge both of books and human kind. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 640. 
humanly (hu'man-li), adv. [< ME. humanly, 
courteously, kindly : see humanely and human.] 
1. In a human manner; after the manner of 
men ; according to human knowledge or belief : 
as, humanly speaking, it is impossible. 
Look at this little seed. See . . . how humanly it dies ; 
how humanly it puts forth its spring leaves. 
G. D. Soardman, Creative Week, p. 131. 
2f. Kindly; humanely. 
Though learn'd, well-bred ; and though well-bred, sincere ; 
Modestly bold, and humanly severe. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 636. 
humanness (hu'man-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being human ; humanity. 
humate (hu'mat), n. [< hum(ic) + -ate 1 .'] A 
salt of humic acid, 
humatile (hu'ma-til), a. [Irreg. < L. humatus, 
pp. of humare, bury, + E. -He.'] Buried. See 
the extract. [Bare.] 
All species buried at a later date than the diluvian de- 
posit were to be considered merely humatile or sub-fossil. 
N. Jolii, Man before Metals (trans.), p. 17. 
humationt (hu-ma'shon), n. [< L. humatio(n-), 
a burying, < 'humare, "cover with earth, inter, 
bury, < humus, earth : see humus. Cf. exhuma- 
tion, inhumation.] Interment; inhumation. 
Lancashire gave me breath, 
And Cambridge education ; 
Middlesex gave me death, 
And this church my humation. 
J. Wetter, Epitaph, in Fuller's Worthies, Lancashire. 
humble 
hmnbird (hum'berd), . [< hum* + WrtP.] A 
humming-bird. [Bare.] 
Some from the hum-birds downy nest. 
J. R. Drake, Culprit Fay. 
humble 't (hum'bl), r. i. [< ME. humbelen, 
humblen, for "hummelen (=OD. hummelen), hum, 
freq. of hummen, E. hum 1 , like bumble, freq. of 
bum 1 , boom 1 : see/now 1 . Cf. humblebee. For the 
form, cf. humble^, humble^, hamble, nimble, etc.] 
To hum. 
To hmiMe like a bee. Minsheu. 
humble 2 (hum'bl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. humbled, 
ppr. humbling. [So. hummel (in sense 2) ; ult. 
a secondary form of hamble, mutilate, ham- 
string: see hamble. Cf. humble^, a.] If. To 
break; make sore. 
Kibed or humbled heeles. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny (ed. 1634), II. 88. 
2. To break off the ears of (barley) with a flail ; 
separate from the awns. [North. Eng. and 
Scotch.] 3f. To break off the horns of. 
The polled or humbled cattle come next under our con- 
sideration, a kind well deserving of notice. 
O. Culley, Observations on Live Stock (1786). 
humblest (hum'bl), . [Sc. hummel, hummle, 
OSc. homyll, having no horns (cf. Sc. humlie, 
a cow having no horns); < humble 2 , v.~\ 1. 
Broken ; bruised ; sore. 2. Having no horns, 
as a cow. 
Quhen vncouth [strange] ky fechtis amang thaym self, 
gif ane of thaym happenis to be slane, and vncertane 
quhat kow maid the slauchter, the kow that is homyll sail 
beir the wyte. Bellenden, Cron. B., x. c. 12. (Jamieson.) 
3. Pertaining to a humble cow. 
The lop-ear [in the zebu] is a decidedly hummel charac- 
teristic. Amer. Naturalist, XXI. 886. 
humble 3 (hum'bl or um'bl), a. [< ME. humble, 
< OF. humble, humle, humele, F. humble = Pr. 
humil, omil = OSp. humil, Sp. Pg. humilde = 
It. umile, < L. humilis, low, slight, hence mean, 
humble (cf. Gr. ^a/rar/Wf, xa/iyMf, on the ground, 
low, trifling), < humus, the ground, humi, on 
the ground, = Gr. ^a^a(, on the ground: see 
humus, human, etc., and chameleon, chameleon, 
chamomile, camomile.] 1. Lowly in kind, 
state, condition, amount, etc.; of little worth 
or moment ; unimportant ; low ; common : as, 
a humble cottage; a man of humble origin; a 
humble follower; my humble means. 
These humble considerations make me out of love with 
my greatness. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., 11. 2. 
Let Innocence 
Be written on my tomb, though ne'er so humble, 
Tis all I am ambitious of. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, iv. 2. 
I said, I thank thee, Fate, 
I who went forth so humble, 
That I come back so great. 
Bryant, Poet's First Song. 
2. Lowly in manner or guise ; modest; unpre- 
tending; submissive: as, a humble apology. 
And alle that ben byfore 
Yow in this stede, salue withe humble Face. 
Babee S Book (E. E. T. S.), p. S. 
In him the painter labour'd with his skill 
To hide deceit, and give the harmless show 
An humble gait, calm looks, eyes wailing still. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1608. 
To please, you must a hundred changes try ; 
Sometimes be humble, then must soar on high. 
Dryden, tr. of Boileau's Art of Poetry, iii. 579. 
3. Lowly in feeling ; lacking self-esteem ; hav- 
ing a sense of insignificance, unworthiness, 
dependence, or sinfulness ; meek ; penitent. 
God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 
1 Pet. v. 5. 
Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee. 
SAo*., Rich. II., it 8. 
Prayer of bumble access. Seea<jc.=8yn. 2. Unas- 
suming, unobtrusive, unostentatious. 
humble 3 (hum'bl or um'bl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. ' 
humbled, ppr. humbling. [< ME. humblen, refl. ; 
(.humble^, .] 1. To make lower; bringdown; 
bow down. 
The highest mountains may be humbled into valleys. 
Hatewill, Apology. 
The common executioner . . . 
Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck, 
But first begs pardon. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 5. 
2. To make lower in state or condition ; reduce 
in power, possessions, esteem, etc. ; abase: as, 
to humble one's foes; to humble the pride of a 
rival. 
Is it her nature, or is it her will, 
To be so cruell to an humbled foe? 
Spenser, Sonnets, xll. 
Fortune not much of humbling me can boast ; 
Though double tax'd, how little have I lost ! 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. ii. 151. 
