HUMOR
Hu"mor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humored; p. pr. & vb. n. Humoring.]
1. 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. Dryden.
2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. You humor me when I am sick. Pope.
Syn.
— To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify.
HUMORAL
Hu"mor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. humoral.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.
HUMORALISM
Hu"mor*al*ism, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: The state or quality of being humoral.
2. (Med.)