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moisturise

moisturise is the alternative spelling of moisturize.

Meaning of moisturize

Verb

moisturize (third-person singular simple present moisturizes, present participle moisturizing, simple past and past participle moisturized)

  1. (transitive) To make more moist.
    • moisturize your skin
  2. (transitive) To make more humid.

Forms of moisturise

third-person singular presentmoisturises
present participlemoisturising
past participlemoisturised
pastmoisturised

Origin of moisturise

From moisture + -ise.

Words formed from moisturise

Questions about moisturise

What is moisturise the alternative spelling of?
Moisturise is the alternative spelling of moisturize.

Words near moisturise in the dictionary

  1. moistureproofed
  2. moistureproofing
  3. moistureproofs
  4. moistures
  5. moisturisation
  6. moisturise
  7. moisturised
  8. moisturiser
  9. moisturisers
  10. moisturises
  11. moisturising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moisturise (page history and authors); moisturize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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