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humectate

humectate verb: to moisten.

Verb

humectate (third-person singular simple present humectates, present participle humectating, simple past and past participle humectated)

  1. (obsolete) To moisten.

Forms of humectate

third-person singular presenthumectates
present participlehumectating
past participlehumectated
pasthumectated

Origin of humectate

First attested in 1640; borrowed from Latin humectātus, perfect passive participle of humectō/ūmectō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from humectus/ūmectus (“moist”).

Questions about humectate

What does humectate mean?
Humectate means to moisten.
What part of speech is humectate?
Humectate is a verb.
What is the past tense of humectate?
The past tense of humectate is humectated.

Words near humectate in the dictionary

  1. Humeanism
  2. Humeans
  3. humect
  4. humectant
  5. humectants
  6. humectate
  7. humectated
  8. humectates
  9. humectating
  10. humectation
  11. humectations

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