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/mˈɔɪsən/ Listen

verb

Moisten v. t. (past & past part. moistened; pres. part. moistening)

To make damp; to wet in a small degree. "A pipe a little moistened on the inside."

To soften by making moist; to make tender. "It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity."

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Etymology of 'Moisten'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... no libation!" cried a third,—"Favete linguis." And he sprinkled a small quantity of salt, from the point of a knife, upon the bust, at the same time raising his glass to moisten it with ...

— O. T. - A Danish Romance • Hans Christian Andersen

... in deep silence—perhaps it was the silence of despair, for the quantity hitherto served out had been barely sufficient to moisten their parched throats, and they knew that they could not exist ...

— The Red Eric • R.M. Ballantyne

... clods conceive the rose, So base still fathers best. Life owes Itself to bread; enough thereof And easy days condition love; And, kindly train'd, love's roses thrive, No more pale, scentless petals five, Which moisten the considerate eye To see what haste they make to die, But heavens of colour and perfume, Which, month by month, renew the bloom Of art-born graces, when the year In all the natural grove is sere. Blame nought then! Bright let ...

— The Victories of Love - and Other Poems • Coventry Patmore

... fell upon Tommy and me. I saw him moisten his lips and dart the professor a quick glance. I knew how inherently strong that little fellow was in his loyalty, but had not been prepared for such an appeal as this. Conscience, humanity, justice! He was calling on my manhood to send her ...

— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris

... by touching one spot just above my temple, which was extremely tender, and then, taking out a pair of scissors, he snipped away a little hair closely; after this he drew a piece of fine white cloth from his pocket, he poured some brown strongly scented fluid from a little flask to moisten it, and laid the little wet patch on my head, with the result that ...

— Gil the Gunner - The Youngest Officer in the East • George Manville Fenn

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