Humor, or humour
Verb
Etymology: from humour noun, and this one from Latin humorem (= fluid)
Indicative past, past participle: humored, humoured
Present participle: humouring, humoring.
Third-person singular simple present: she/he humours
Definition: to behave in accordance with the humour, or mood, of (a person or other animal); to please (someone) by simulating having the same temporary state of mind as him
It may be approximately translated by complacer (a alguien) fingiendo estar del mismo humor, in Spanish; plaire (quelqu’un) en feignant d’être dans la même humeur, in French; compiacere (qualcuno) fingendo d’essere dello stesso umore, in Italian.
Antonyms: to oppose, to be adverse to, thwart
It was quite evident that she humoured her husband, not from affection only, but from fear
Elizabeth Sewell (Katharine Ashton)
If they sometimes humoured them in their frivolity, it was not because they could not discriminate […]
The Lady’s Weekly Miscellany, vol. 7
He let them tell their stories, though his own taste was quite different; and he even humoured them so as to laugh the while he was despising them. And though he could not bear tobacco, that and pipes were brought in for them.
R. D. Blackmore (The Maid of Sker)
The cattle made a dead stand, which almost threw me from my seat. I whipped them, humoured them […], but all to no purpose; they would not stir from the spot.
Thomas Purnell (The lady Drusilla)
I wanted to keep even my name a secret. Mr. Randall humored me in this –which perhaps to others would have seemed an unreasonable whim.
Catherine Bement (Spinner of Webs)
[…] when she saw me sunk in despair and anxious for death, she did not attempt to reason with me, but rather humored me in my determination, promising me an effective poison, while secretly resolved upon turnishing me with a drug that merely simulated death.
Anna Green (A matter of millions)
***The direct object may be the act, instead of the person:
"On the contrary," said Miss Hamlyn, humouring his raillery.
Mrs. Gore (The Banker’s Wife)
