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wetten

wetten verb: to make wet; to wet.

Verb

wetten (third-person singular simple present wettens, present participle wettening, simple past and past participle wettened)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet
    • Her eyelids drooped as though the lashes weighed intolerably; with the tip of her tongue she wettened her very red lips.1951, Truman Capote, The Grass Harp, Vintage Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 73

Forms of wetten

third-person singular presentwettens
present participlewettening
past participlewettened
pastwettened

Origin of wetten

From wet + -en.

Words formed from wetten

Questions about wetten

What does wetten mean?
Wetten means to make wet; to wet.
What part of speech is wetten?
Wetten is a verb.
What is the past tense of wetten?
The past tense of wetten is wettened.

Words near wetten in the dictionary

  1. wetted the baby's head
  2. wetted the bed
  3. wetted the other eye
  4. wetted the shamrock
  5. wetted through
  6. wetten
  7. wettened
  8. wettening
  9. wettens
  10. wetter
  11. wetter than an otter's pocket

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