moisten
VerbUS[moi-suhn]/ˈmɔɪsən/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mois′ten transitive verb [past tense & past participle Moistened; present participle & verbal noun Moistening.]
1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
A pipe a little moistened on the inside.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. To soften by making moist; to make tender.
It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity.— Thomas Fuller
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54