HUMANICS
Hu*man"ics, n.
Defn: The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.
HUMANIFY
Hu*man"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To make human; to invest with a human personality; to
incarnate. [R.]
The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.
HUMANISM
Hu"man*ism, n.
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy.
2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
HUMANIST
Hu"man*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. humaniste.]
1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog.
2. One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.