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Moisten v. t. (past & past part. moistened; pres. part. moistening)

To make damp; to wet in a small degree. "A pipe a little moistened on the inside."

To soften by making moist; to make tender. "It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity."

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Etymology of 'Moistening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Moistening" Quotes from Famous Books

... pressed her cheek against mine. "Oh, my dear, my dear!" was all she said. I felt her cheek moistening with tears. Then drawing her to me I said: "Yes, my dear, that is my wish. Let us drive back now and ...

— Children of the Market Place • Edgar Lee Masters

... grass sprang beside the new streams, and creeping plants grew, and climbed among the moistening soil. Young flowers opened suddenly along the river sides, as stars leap out when twilight is deepening, and thickets of myrtle, and tendrils of vine, cast lengthening shadows over the valley as they grew. And thus the Treasure Valley became a garden again, and the inheritance ...

— Types of Children's Literature • Edited by Walter Barnes

... for a moment, as if under a weight, and he then looked up again, moistening his lips. 'I was going on with the little I had left to say. I knew all this about Mr Eugene Wrayburn, all the while you were drawing me to you. I strove against the knowledge, but quite in vain. It made no difference ...

— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

... somebody moistening my temples. A soft palm held my hand. Elsie was leaning over me. I opened ...

— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen

... up and placed on a sort of palanquin, and carried along over the ground. I knew that I was remaining for some time, and that my little cousin Bella was sitting by my side fanning my face, and now and then moistening my lips, or giving me a slight portion of food. After that, I was once more lifted into the canoe. The river must have been far narrower than any we had passed through, for even as I lay in the bottom of the canoe I could see the trees ...

— In the Wilds of Africa • W.H.G. Kingston

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