wetten en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Germanic *wētaz Proto-West Germanic *wāt Old English wǣt Middle English wet English wet English -en English wetten From wet + -en.
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wettening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wettens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wettened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wettened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |