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Humor v. t. (past & past part. humored; pres. part. humoring)

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."

To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. "You humor me when I am sick."

Synonyms: To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify.

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Etymology of 'Humoring'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Humoring" Quotes from Famous Books

... far too much of a man to hazard an opinion on the proprieties in the face of his wife's disapproval, so he grunted an amiable acquiescence in that spirit of justifiable hypocrisy known among his kind as "humoring the women-folks." Privately he was disposed to exult in his daughter's spirit and good sense, and so long as these admirable qualities did not take her away from him, and paternal pride and affection were both gratified, ...

— The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories • Margaret Collier Graham

... his eyes growing dim. "I wish wife could have heard you talk; but I shall tell her every word I can remember. I don't mind saying to you, that wife and I were never so nigh each other as since we began to pray. There used to be high words between us, I accusing her of humoring the boy; and she calling me a hard old tyrant. But each of us sees now that we were both in the wrong. If we'd taught him the Bible from the first, he would have stuck to it. There's the promise, 'Train up a child in the way he should go, and ...

— Bertie and the Gardeners - or, The Way to be Happy • Madeline Leslie