To make (an object) humid or moist by the application of water or other liquid; to suffuse, sprinkle, moisten, drench, bathe with (water, etc.); to…

To apply water or other liquid to anything so as to wet it all over, or moisten it copiously; to lave, perfuse, suffuse, wet, moisten. literally.

transitive. To wet thoroughly by immersion; to steep, soak, saturate.

transitive. To soften or moisten; to anoint.

transitive. To wet, damp, moisten; originally said of dew, mist, drizzling rain, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To smear or rub (a person, a part of the body, etc.) with oil, ointment, or another soft substance, for medicinal or cosmetic…

transitive. To make moist; to moisten, wet. Now British regional and U.S.

To perfuse, drench, moisten, wet (with).

transitive (usually in passive). To wet, moisten; to soil, bedaub (British regional in later use); to transform into a soft mass. Obsolete.

transitive. To make wet; to moisten.

transitive. To moisten or sprinkle with water or another liquid; to water; spec. (of a river, sea, etc.) to provide a supply of water for (land…

transitive. To moisten (a thing); to water, make wet or damp.

transitive. To moisten, wet.

transitive. To moisten, dye, suffuse.

transitive. To make moist, damp, or wet; to wet superficially or moderately. Also †intransitive (obsolete).

transitive. To moisten; to drench. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To refresh as with drink; to water, drench, moisten. Obsolete.

transitive. To supply with moisture; to moisten, wet. (Now rare in the general sense, and regarded as transferred from 2a.)

To soak, wet, or moisten; to slake (lime).

transitive. = irrigate, v.

= humect, v. 1.

transitive. To wet or moisten.

To moisten, wet, soak. (Cf. 6d.)