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wettened

wettened is the simple past and past participle of wetten.

Meaning of wetten

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

Questions about wettened

What is wettened the simple past and past participle of?
Wettened is the simple past and past participle of wetten.

Words near wettened in the dictionary

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

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