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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishhumain,humayne, fromOld Frenchhumain,umain, fromLatinhūmānus, fromLatinhomō(“man”). Cognate withOld Englishguma(“man”), whence thegroom inEnglishbridegroom.

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humane (comparativehumanerormorehumane,superlativehumanestormosthumane)

  1. Having or showingconcern for thepain orsuffering of another;compassionate.
    It is no longer consideredhumane to performvivisection on research animals.
    As methods of execution go, beheading is morehumane than drawing and quartering.
    • 1953,Samuel Beckett,Watt,[Paris]:Olympia Press,→OCLC:
      The unfortunate thing about Bando, said Arthur, is that it is no longer to be obtained in this unfortunate country. I understand that inferior products, such as Ostreine and Spanish Flies, may still be wheedled out of some of thehumaner chemists, up and down the city, in the ten minutes or a quarter of an hour immediately following their midday meal.
  2. Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or thehumanities, especiallyclassical literature or rhetoric.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:
      many divine precepts to counterpoise our hearts, special antidotes both in scriptures andhumane authors, which who so will observe, shall purchase much ease and quietness unto himself.
  3. Obsolete spelling ofhuman.
    • 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, inThe Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […],→OCLC,page83:
      [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator ofhumane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.

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with regard for the health and well-being of another
pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities

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Danish

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Adjective

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humane

  1. definitesingular ofhuman
  2. plural ofhuman

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /huˈmane/
  • Hyphenation:hu‧ma‧ne

Adverb

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humane

  1. humanely

German

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humane

  1. inflection ofhuman:
    1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
    2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
    3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
    4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

Latin

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Etymology

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Fromhūmānus(“humane, noble”).

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hūmānē (comparativehūmānius,superlativehūmānissimē)

  1. humanly, in ahuman manner.
  2. humanely,kindly,politely; in ahumane manner.

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  • “humane”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “humane”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • humane inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
    • to bear a thing with resignation, composure:humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquid
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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humane

  1. definitesingular ofhuman
  2. plural ofhuman

Norwegian Nynorsk

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humane

  1. definitesingular ofhuman
  2. plural ofhuman

Portuguese

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Verb

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humane

  1. inflection ofhumanar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Spanish

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Verb

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humane

  1. inflection ofhumanar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Swedish

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humane

  1. definitenatural masculinesingular ofhuman
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