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Humect [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. HUMECT '

2. HUMEC'TATE, verb transitive [Latin humecto, from humeo, to be moist.]

3. To moisten; to wet; to water. [Little used.]

Humect [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Humectant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Humectant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A diluent drink or medicine.

Humectate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To moisten; to wet.

Humectation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of moistening, wetting or watering. [Little used.]

Humectation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Humective [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having the power to moisten.

Humective [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tending to moisten.