1. (a.) Compassionate; kind; benevolent\; having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness.

2. (a.) Pertaining to man; human.

3. (a.) Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.

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