"humidify" meaning in English

See humidify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /hjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-humidify.wav [UK] Forms: humidify [canonical], humidifies [third-person, singular], humidified [past], humidified [past, participle], humidifying [present, participle]
Etymology: humid + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|humid|ify}} humid + -ify Head templates: {{verb|humidif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you humidify a room, you increase the humidity in the room.
    Sense id: simple-humidify-en-verb-sd1C2zm8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ify
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