Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to humour
Participle: humoured
Gerund: humouring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | humour |
| you | humour |
| he;she;it | humours |
| we | humour |
| you | humour |
| they | humour |
Perfect
| I | have humoured |
| you | have humoured |
| he;she;it | has humoured |
| we | have humoured |
| you | have humoured |
| they | have humoured |
Past
| I | humoured |
| you | humoured |
| he;she;it | humoured |
| we | humoured |
| you | humoured |
| they | humoured |
Pluperfect
| I | had humoured |
| you | had humoured |
| he;she;it | had humoured |
| we | had humoured |
| you | had humoured |
| they | had humoured |
Future
| I | will humour |
| you | will humour |
| he;she;it | will humour |
| we | will humour |
| you | will humour |
| they | will humour |
Future Perfect
| I | will have humoured |
| you | will have humoured |
| he;she;it | will have humoured |
| we | will have humoured |
| you | will have humoured |
| they | will have humoured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | humour |
| you | humour |
| he;she;it | humour |
| we | humour |
| you | humour |
| they | humour |
Perfect
| I | have humoured |
| you | have humoured |
| he;she;it | have humoured |
| we | have humoured |
| you | have humoured |
| they | have humoured |
Imperfect
| I | humoured |
| you | humoured |
| he;she;it | humoured |
| we | humoured |
| you | humoured |
| they | humoured |
Pluperfect
| I | had humoured |
| you | had humoured |
| he;she;it | had humoured |
| we | had humoured |
| you | had humoured |
| they | had humoured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would humour |
| you | would humour |
| he;she;it | would humour |
| we | would humour |
| you | would humour |
| they | would humour |
Perfect
| I | would have humoured |
| you | would have humoured |
| he;she;it | would have humoured |
| we | would have humoured |
| you | would have humoured |
| they | would have humoured |
Imperative
| you | humour |
| we | Let's humour |
| you | humour |
Verbs conjugated like 'humour'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'humour'
humor,
rumour,
armour,
honour,
humbug,
rumor,
abhour,
armor,
augur,
bemourn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English humour, from Old French humor, humour, from Latin hūmor, correctly ūmor (“liquid”), from hūmeō, correctly ūmeō (“to be moist”). The h in these words, which was silent in late Classical Latin, is folk etymological, due to the erroneous association with the word humus (“soil”).
2. The shift in meaning "liquid" > "mood" is attributed to the classical system of physiology, where human behaviour is regulated by four bodily humours (fluids). The sense "mood" gave rise to the verb sense "to give in to someone's mood or whim" and, by narrowing of meaning, the sense "wit". See: Latin '
hūmor'.
Sample Sentences
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By way of being very knowing, and humouring him to the top of his bent, I went to the window, which commanded a beautiful prospect, and remarked, with an address upon which I greatly plumed myself:
(American Notes for General Circulation)