moisten

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make something slightly wet or damp

   Moisten the cloth before wiping the screen.

2. 2
   verb

   to become slightly wet, especially when eyes fill with tears

   Her eyes began to moisten as she read the letter.

Formed in English from moist + the verb-forming suffix -en, literally 'to make moist.' Moist entered Middle English through Old French moiste, probably from Latin mucidus 'moldy, musty' or a related form; its deeper history is uncertain.

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