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wettening

wettening is the present participle and gerund 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 wettening

What is wettening the present participle and gerund of?
Wettening is the present participle and gerund of wetten.

Words near wettening in the dictionary

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

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