humorize, v.
(ˈhjuːməraɪz)
[f. humour (or L. hūmor) + -ize.]
† 1. intr. To agree or comply with the humour of a person or thing. Obs.
| 1598 Marston Pygmal. iii. 148 His clothes doe sympathize, And with his inward spirit humorize. |
2. To speak or think humorously; to make humorous remarks or reflections.
| 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 24 Euerie iching-eared congregation will..be serued with an humorizing Discourser. 1884 Art Mag. Mar. (Cent.), He had a little ‘mental twist’ which caused him to moralize and humorize over life in a fashion quite his own. |
3. trans. To make humorous.
| 1893 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 195 Our tales..hopelessly humorize the creatures [sc. water-goblins and water-monsters]. |