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Noun (1)

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a showerSynonyms: mizzleType of rain, rainfall

Verb (2)drizzled, drizzling

rain lightly“When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant”Synonyms: mizzleMore general rain, rain down
moisten with fine drops“drizzle the meat with melted butter”Synonyms: moistenMore general sprinkle, splash

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Driz′zle intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Drizzled; present participle & verbal noun Drizzling.]

Origin: Prop. freq. of AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.

To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. “Drizzling tears.” Edmund Spenser Syn. — mizzle, misle.

Driz′zle transitive verb

To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. “The air doth drizzle dew.” William Shakespeare

Driz′zle noun

A fine rain or mist. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54