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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Human

Hū'man, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. humanus, from homo, man; Fr. humain, Pr. human, uman, Sp. & Pg. humano, It. umano.] 1. Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life. To err is human; to forgive, divine. Pope. 2. Profane; not sacred or divine; as, a human author. [Obs.] Browne.

Hū'man, n.

noun

A human being; one of the race of man. [Rare and inelegant.] “Sprung of humans that inhabit earth.” Chapman.

In this world of ours, . . . we humans often find ourselves, we can not tell how, in strange positions. Prof. Wilson.