humane
1Humane — in early use meant civil, courteous or obliging towards humans and animals. In modern times it is characterized by sympathy with or consideration, compassion and benevolance for others, especially for the suffering or distressed.ynonymsSome… …
2humane — mid 15c., variant of HUMAN (Cf. human) (Cf. german/germane, urban/urbane), used interchangeably with it until early 18c., by which time it had become a distinct word with sense of having qualities befitting human beings. But inhuman still can be… …
3Humane — Hu*mane , a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See {Human}.] 1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with… …
4humane — I adjective altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, bounteous, brotherly, charitable, clemens, clement, considerate, decent, fraternal, generous, helpful, hospitable, humanitarian, humanus, kind, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, misericors,… …
5humane — [hyo͞o mān′, yo͞omān′] adj. [earlier var. of HUMAN, now usually assoc. directly with L humanus] 1. having what are considered the best qualities of human beings; kind, tender, merciful, sympathetic, etc. 2. civilizing; humanizing [humane… …
6humane — ● humane nom féminin Caractère d imprimerie dont les formes s inspirent des lettres romaines, rénovées à la Renaissance. (Classification Vox [1954].) …
7humane — humanitarian, *charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, eleemosynary, altruistic Analogous words: compassionate, *tender, warmhearted: gentle, lenient, mild (see SOFT): clement, merciful, tolerant, *forbearing: kindly, *kind, benign, benignant… …
8humane — [adj] kind, compassionate accommodating, altruistic, amiable, approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, broad minded, charitable, clement, considerate, cordial, democratic, forbearing, forgiving, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good… …
9humane — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or showing compassion or benevolence. 2) formal (of a branch of learning) intended to civilize. DERIVATIVES humanely adverb humaneness noun …
10humane — human, humane, humanitarian 1. The notion that human should only be used as an adjective and that human being should be used for the noun is found in some older usage books (though not Fowler, 1926) but is not supported by the weight of usage.… …
11humane — [[t]hju͟ːme͟ɪn[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Humane people act in a kind, sympathetic way towards other people and animals, and try to do them as little harm as possible. In the mid nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of… …
12Humane — Exemple de typographie humane sur cette arithmétique florentine des années 1490. Les caractères typographiques de la famille des humanes ont été gravés aux débuts de l’imprimerie en Italie en réaction à l’écriture gothique des manuscrits.… …
13humane — adjective /hjuːˈmeɪn/ a) Having regard for the health and well being of another; compassionate. It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals. b) Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or… …
14humane — hu|mane [hju:ˈmeın] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: human] treating people or animals in a way that is not cruel and causes them as little suffering as possible ≠ ↑inhumane ▪ the campaign for the humane treatment of criminals ▪ a better, more… …
15humane — /hjuˈmeɪn / (say hyooh mayn) adjective 1. characterised by tenderness and compassion for the suffering or distressed: humane feelings. 2. (of branches of learning or literature) tending to refine; civilising: humane studies. {variant of human.… …
16humane — adjective Etymology: Middle English humain Date: circa 1500 1. marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals 2. characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture ; humanistic < humane studies > • humanely adverb •… …
17humane — humanely, adv. humaneness, n. /hyooh mayn / or, often, /yooh /, adj. 1. characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of horses. 2. of or pertaining to… …
18humane — See human, humane …
19humane — adj. Humane is used with these nouns: ↑society, ↑treatment …
20humane — hu|mane [ hju meın ] adjective caring about the quality of people s or animal s lives and trying to be kind to them: They write letters demanding humane treatment of prisoners. ─ opposite CRUEL, INHUMANE ╾ hu|mane|ly adverb …
