moisten

From moist +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɪsən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪsən

moisten (third-person singular simple present moistens, present participle moistening, simple past and past participle moistened)

1. (transitive) To make moist or moister.

   She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.

2. (intransitive) To become moist or moister.

   His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.

• tomines, mistone, mestino, Monties, misnote, Simonet, sentimo

• moisien

moisten

1. genitive plural of moinen

• monesti, moniste

• moiste, moystyn, moysten, moyst, mooysten

From moiste +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔi̯stən/

moisten

1. to moisten (make moister)
2. to supply or provide with moisture.
3. (rare) to invigorate; to enliven.
4. (rare) to become moist or moister.

• English: moist (obsolete as a verb)

• “moisten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.