{ Hu‐mect″ (?), Hu‐mec″tate (?), } v. t. [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.] To moisten; to wet. Howell.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.