bewatering

Verb

bewater (third-person singular simple present bewaters, present participle bewatering, simple past and past participle bewatered)

1. (transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.
   • A piece of brass may as easily melt, or a flint bewater itself, as the heart of man, by any innate power of its own, resolve itself into a penitential humiliation.1871, Robert South, Sermons preached upon several occasions

   Synonyms:

   soak