moists

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

   Synonyms:

   dampen, enmoisten, hydrate, wet

   Antonyms:

   dehydrate, desiccate, dry, exiccate, exsiccate, parch

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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