Usually means: Add or retain moisture effectively.
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  1. humectate: Merriam-Webster
  2. humectate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. humectate: Wordnik
  4. humectate: Wiktionary
  5. Humectate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Humectate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. humectate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. humectate: FreeDictionary.org

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▸ verb:  (obsolete) To moisten.

Similar:
humect, enmoisten, bewet, embrocate, Sammy, bedamp, wash, condensate, mistify, mellify, more...

Opposite:
dry, dehydrate, desiccate

Types:
glycerin, propylene glycol, sorbitol, honey, mucilage, lecithin, more...

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Similar:
humect, enmoisten, bewet, embrocate, Sammy, bedamp, wash, condensate, mistify, mellify, more...

Opposite:
dry, dehydrate, desiccate

Types:
glycerin, propylene glycol, sorbitol, honey, mucilage, lecithin, more...



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