"bewet" meaning in English

See bewet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bewets [present, singular, third-person], bewetting [participle, present], bewet [participle, past], bewet [past], bewetted [participle, past], bewetted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English beweten, biweten, equivalent to be- + wet. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beweten}} Middle English beweten, {{m|enm|biweten}} biweten, {{pre|en|be|wet}} be- + wet Head templates: {{en-verb|bewets|bewetting|bewet|past2=bewetted}} bewet (third-person singular simple present bewets, present participle bewetting, simple past and past participle bewet or bewetted)
  1. (transitive) To wet or moisten profusely. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bewet-en-verb-LO7oGR-x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bewet meaning in English (1.7kB)

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