"wetten" meaning in English

See wetten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wettens [present, singular, third-person], wettening [participle, present], wettened [participle, past], wettened [past]
Etymology: From wet + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wet|en|id2=inchoative}} wet + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} wetten (third-person singular simple present wettens, present participle wettening, simple past and past participle wettened)
  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make wet; to wet Tags: nonstandard, transitive
    Sense id: en-wetten-en-verb-NDRVpEMQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

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