† humidatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make humid or moist; to moisten.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)]
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c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne C iij b Immoderat slepe and sluggyshnes doth humi [d] ate and make lyght the brayne.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Humidate, to moisten.
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