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moisted

moisted is the simple past and past participle of moist.

Meaning of moist

Verb

moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)

  1. (US, regional, transitive, obsolete except UK) To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.
    • He calleth for a ſponge (ſaith Theodoritus) and therevvith moiſteth and vvaſsheth Simeones mouthe, and then geueth him the holy Sacrament.1566 January 30, Iohn Iewel [i.e. John Jewel], “M. [Thomas] Hardinge. The 21. Diuision.”, in A Replie unto M. Hardinges Ansvveare: […], London: […] Henry VVykes, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
  3. (US, intransitive) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have an effect of moistening or wetting.
    • Auyſing the bright bemes of theſe fayer Iyes / where he is that myn oft moiſteth & waſſhethc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Auysing the bright bemes of these fayer Iyes”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 22r

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Questions about moisted

What is moisted the simple past and past participle of?
Moisted is the simple past and past participle of moist.

Words near moisted in the dictionary

  1. moist tetter
  2. moist towelette
  3. moist towelettes
  4. moist-adiabatic
  5. moist-proof
  6. moisted
  7. moisten
  8. moistenable
  9. moistened
  10. moistenedst
  11. moistener

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