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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
     To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
     to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
     surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
     wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
     from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
           Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
           Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
                                                    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
        dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                    --Walton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
     To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
     to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
     surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
     wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
     from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.
  
           Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
           to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
           thirsty earth with falling showers.      --Milton.
  
     To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
        dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
  
              Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                    --Walton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  wetted
       See wet

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  wet
       adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
              bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
              weather" [ant: dry]
       2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
          alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
          platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry]
       3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
          "lactating cows" [syn: lactating] [ant: dry]
       4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
          "a wet canteen"
       5: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked,
           cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated,
           plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked,
           soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley,
           tight, tipsy]
       n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
           window" [syn: moisture]
       v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry]
       2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
          old boy still wets his bed"
       [also: wetting, wetted, wettest, wetter]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     vb.
     (infl of en wet  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     vb.
     (infl of en wet  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     vb.
     (infl of en wet  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     vb.
     (infl of en wet  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-imperf-pperf en wet)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wetted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en wet ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb wet)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Wetted /wˈɛtɪd/
  مبلّل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/ 
  máčený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/ 
  namočený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/
  angefeuchtet, befeuchtet, nass gemacht
   see: wet, wetting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/
  befeuchtet, angefeuchtet, benetzt, genetzt
     Synonyms: moistened, dampened, damped
  
   see: moisten, dampen, damp, wet, moistening, dampening, damping, wetting
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/
  benetzt, genetzt
        "I/he/she wetted"  - ich/er/sie benetzte
   see: wet, wetting
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  wetted /wˈɛtɪd/
  nakvašen

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     浸湿的

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