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humect
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humectverb
to wet; to moisten.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To HUMECT, To HUMECTATEverb
To wet; to moisten.
Etymology: humecto, Latin; humecter, Fr.
The Nile and Niger do not only moisten and contemperate the air by their exhalations, but refresh and humectate the earth by their annual inundations. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Her rivers are wheeled up into small cataracts, and so divided into sluices, to humectate the bordering soil, and make it wonderfully productive. James Howell, Vocal Forrest.
The medicaments are of a cool humecting quality, and not too much astringent. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Webster Dictionary
Humectverb
alt. of Humectate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of humect in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of humect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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