Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HU-MANE'
HU-MANE', a. [supra.]
- Having the feelings and dispositions proper to man; having tenderness, compassion, and a disposition to treat others with kindness; particularly in relieving them when in distress, or in captivity, when they are helpless or defenseless; kind; benevolent.
- Inclined to treat the lower orders of animals with tenderness.
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