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词汇 humect
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Definition of humect in English:

humect

verb hjʊˈmɛkt
[with object]rare
  • Moisten; make wet.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This mixture, humected with a sufficient quantity of water for reducing it into a thick paste, grows so hot, that the vessel containing it cannot be held in the hand.
    • The mercury is incorporated with the salt by humecting it with a little water.
    • It is well known, that, after some days drought, on the falling of rain that humects the earth, there arises a grateful smell.
    • He ran unto the river Liffey, peeled off his breeches and jumped in, humecting thus his hairy skin.
    • With this preparation I continued to humect the compost every other evening.
    Synonyms
    dampen, wet, damp, dew, water, soak, irrigate, humidify

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin humect-, from the verb humectare (see humectant).

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