Humour, vb. 1) to gratify and soothe by entering into another's ideas: “yielding to him --s well his frenzy,” Err. IV, 4, 84. “to h. the ignorant call I the deer a pricket,” LLL IV, 2, 52. “and --ed thus comes at the last,” R2 III, 2, 168 (perhaps rather == in this humour).
2) to tamper with, to gain: “I will teach you how to h. your cousin, that she shall fall in love with Benedick,” Ado II, 1, 396. “I would h. his men with the imputation of being near their master,” H4B V, 1, 80. “he should not h. me,” Caes. I, 2, 319.*
3) Misapplied by Nym and Moth: “h. me the angels,” Wiv. I, 3, 63. “the --ed letter,” II, 1, 134 (cf. “the humour letter,” I, 3, 86). “h. it with turning up your eyelids,” LLL III, 13.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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