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humect

humect verb: to wet; to moisten.

Verb

humect (third-person singular simple present humects, present participle humecting, simple past and past participle humected)

  1. (archaic) to wet; to moisten.

Forms of humect

third-person singular presenthumects
present participlehumecting
past participlehumected
pasthumected

Origin of humect

See humectate.

Questions about humect

What does humect mean?
Humect means to wet; to moisten.
What part of speech is humect?
Humect is a verb.
What is the past tense of humect?
The past tense of humect is humected.

Words near humect in the dictionary

  1. Hume's leaf warbler
  2. Hume's leaf warblers
  3. Humean
  4. Humeanism
  5. Humeans
  6. humect
  7. humectant
  8. humectants
  9. humectate
  10. humectated
  11. humectates

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