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bemoisten

UK/bɪˈmɔɪsn̩/

bemoisten verb: make moist.

Verb

bemoisten (third-person singular simple present bemoistens, present participle bemoistening or (archaic or poetic) bemoist'ning, simple past and past participle bemoistened or (archaic or poetic) bemoisten'd)

  1. (transitive) Make moist.
  2. (intransitive, rare) Become moist.

Forms of bemoisten

third-person singular presentbemoistens
present participlebemoistening
past participlebemoistened
pastbemoistened
alternative formbemoysten
present participle poetic (archaic)bemoist'ning
past participle poetic (archaic)bemoisten'd
past poetic (archaic)bemoisten'd

Origin of bemoisten

From be- + moisten.

Words formed from bemoisten

Questions about bemoisten

What does bemoisten mean?
Bemoisten means make moist.
What part of speech is bemoisten?
Bemoisten is a verb.
How do you pronounce bemoisten?
Bemoisten is pronounced /bɪˈmɔɪsn̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bemoisten?
The past tense of bemoisten is bemoistened.

Words near bemoisten in the dictionary

  1. bemoil
  2. bemoiled
  3. bemoiling
  4. bemoils
  5. bemoist'ning
  6. bemoisten
  7. bemoisten'd
  8. bemoistened
  9. bemoistening
  10. bemoistens
  11. bemol

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