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Humored

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.

Wiktionary
humored
  1. (qualifier: only in combination with good, bad or ill) Having a particular disposition or mood. See good humor, bad humor, ill humor. v

  2. (en-past of: humor)

Usage examples of "humored".

It seemed that in this company the insignificance of those people was so definitely accepted that the only possible attitude toward them was one of good humored ridicule.

In fact I feared to refuse, thinking that if not humored he might commit some excess even greater than deliberately wounding the unarmed man.