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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Humor  \Hu"mor\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Humored};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Humoring}.] 
  1.  To  comply  with  the  humor  of  to  adjust  matters  so  as  suit 
  the  peculiarities,  caprices,  or  exigencies  of  to  adapt 
  one's  self  to  to  indulge  by  skillful  adaptation;  as  to 
  humor  the  mind. 
 
  It  is  my  part  to  invent,  and  the  musician's  to  humor 
  that  invention.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  help  on  by  indulgence  or  compliant  treatment;  to 
  soothe;  to  gratify;  to  please. 
 
  You  humor  me  when  I  am  sick.  --Pope. 
 
  Syn:  To  gratify;  to  indulge.  See  {Gratify}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  humoring 
  n  :  the  act  of  indulging  or  gratifying  a  desire  [syn:  {indulgence}, 
  {indulging},  {pampering},  {pleasing}] 




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