humectv.

/hjuːˈmɛkt/

Etymology: < Latin hūmectāre (more correctly ūmectāre ), < (h)ūmectus moist, wet, < (h)ūmēre to be moist: see humid adj., humour n. Compare French humecter (16th cent., Rabelais).

Now rare.

1. transitive. To moisten, wet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)]

weta950

bathec1000

drenchc1230

blotenc1325

danka1350

anointa1375

moista1382

beshed1382

moil?a1425

madefy?1440

arrouse1480

moisturea1500

humect1531

intinct1547

moisten1559

rinse1579

inebriate1610

irrigate1615

slocken1627

irriguate1632

humectate1640

madidate1656

slake1810

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xi. sig. Fij^v It humecteth the body or maketh it moyster and hotter.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 48/1 Humect an other peece of clothe in rayne water.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 141 Many springs which humect it from the Apennin hills.

1765 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 107/2 On the falling of rain that humects the earth, there arises a grateful smell.

1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 139 The other half of this seasoning serves to humect the quenelles which you have taken beforehand.

1923 E. Pound Let. 16 Jan. (1971) 184 Jock Hielandman..ran Unto the river Liffey, Peeled off his breeches and jumped in, Humecting thus his hairy skin.

2. intransitive. To become humid or moist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > be or become humid [verb (intransitive)]

mist1440

humect1686

1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. xiv. 464 This salt..easily humects and dissolves into a liquor.

Derivatives

huˈmecting adj. moistening.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > slightly wetting

danking?a1400

undrying?1541

damping1607

humecting1612

unparching1648

dampening1814

1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 57 Neither oile nor any other humecting thing.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 42 By its general humecting quality, water is distinguished from aqua philosophorum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	humect
释义	humectv. /hjuːˈmɛkt/ Etymology: < Latin hūmectāre (more correctly ūmectāre ), < (h)ūmectus moist, wet, < (h)ūmēre to be moist: see humid adj., humour n. Compare French humecter (16th cent., Rabelais). Now rare. 1. transitive. To moisten, wet. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] weta950 bathec1000 drenchc1230 blotenc1325 danka1350 anointa1375 moista1382 beshed1382 moil?a1425 madefy?1440 arrouse1480 moisturea1500 humect1531 intinct1547 moisten1559 rinse1579 inebriate1610 irrigate1615 slocken1627 irriguate1632 humectate1640 madidate1656 slake1810 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xi. sig. Fij^v It humecteth the body or maketh it moyster and hotter. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 48/1 Humect an other peece of clothe in rayne water. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 141 Many springs which humect it from the Apennin hills. 1765 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 107/2 On the falling of rain that humects the earth, there arises a grateful smell. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 139 The other half of this seasoning serves to humect the quenelles which you have taken beforehand. 1923 E. Pound Let. 16 Jan. (1971) 184 Jock Hielandman..ran Unto the river Liffey, Peeled off his breeches and jumped in, Humecting thus his hairy skin. 2. intransitive. To become humid or moist. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > be or become humid [verb (intransitive)] mist1440 humect1686 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. xiv. 464 This salt..easily humects and dissolves into a liquor. Derivatives huˈmecting adj. moistening. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > slightly wetting danking?a1400 undrying?1541 damping1607 humecting1612 unparching1648 dampening1814 1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 57 Neither oile nor any other humecting thing. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 42 By its general humecting quality, water is distinguished from aqua philosophorum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1531
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