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(1):

(n.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.

(2):

(n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.

(3):

(n.) Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.

(4):

(v. t.) To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.

(5):

(n.) State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.

(6):

(v. t.) 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.

(7):

(n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Humor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/humor.html. 1828.
 
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