† humectateadj.
Obsolete.
Moistened, wetted.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > made wet
intincta1400
humectate?a1475
moisted1549
moistened1580
madefied1598
wetted?1615
irriguous1651
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 267 The white neckes schalle be humectate or made weiete with golde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
humectatev.
/hjuːˈmɛkteɪt/ Now rare.
= humect v. 1.
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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
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 13 Divided into sluces, to humectat the bordering soyle.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxv. 302 When we eate, nature draweth a moysture into our mouth, to humectate our meate.
1855 Househ. Words 12 449 To humectate the evening breeze on the Pincian Hill.]
Derivatives
huˈmectating adj.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [adjective] > wetting
moistinga1382
moistening1580
watering1581
madefying1646
humectant1659
wetting1661
irrigating1669
irriguous1684
humectating1738
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Copal Among the Europeans, it is used against disorders of the heart, having a warming, resolving, and humectating power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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