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humectating

humectating is the present participle and gerund of humectate.

Meaning of humectate

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To moisten.

Questions about humectating

What is humectating the present participle and gerund of?
Humectating is the present participle and gerund of humectate.

Words near humectating in the dictionary

  1. humectant
  2. humectants
  3. humectate
  4. humectated
  5. humectates
  6. humectating
  7. humectation
  8. humectations
  9. humected
  10. humecting
  11. humective

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humectating (page history and authors); humectate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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