2. Verb. (third-person singular of humour#Verb to humour) ¹
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Definition of Humours
1. humour [v] - See also: humour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humours
Literary usage of Humours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"Observations on the chemical Nature of the humours of the Eye. By Richard Chenevix,
Esq. FRS and MRIA Read November 5, 1802. [Phil. Trans. 1803, p. 195. ..."
2. Works by William Harvey (1847)
"Of the humours. The doctrines inculcated on the subject of the humours, ...
For both these humours are found in the " conception" before any trace of the ..."
3. A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering: From the Stuarts to by Joseph Grego (1892)
"The humours of a Country Election," of which the first version appeared in 1734,
beyond the light it offers upon the subject in question, is curious and ..."
4. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache (1819)
"Composition of the different humours. d. Secretions contained in Circumscribed
Cavities. THESE secretions arc humours of the Eye, Liquor of the Pericardium, ..."
5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1836)
"1 ), with Melancthon, (in his book de Anima, and chapter of humours ; he calls
... Paracelsus wholly rejects and derides this division of four humours and ..."
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