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語源

be- +‎ moisten

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: bĭmoiʹsn, IPA^(key): /bɪˈmɔɪsn̩/

動詞

bemoisten (third-person singular simple present bemoistens, present participle bemoistening or (archaically または poetically) bemoist'ning, simple past and past participle bemoistened or (archaically または poetically) bemoisten'd)

1. (transitive) Make moist.
2. (intransitive, まれに) Become moist.

派生語

• bemoistened (past participial adjective)

参照

• “Bemoisten, v.” listed on page 794 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]
    Bemoisten (bĭmoi·s’n), v. [f. Be- pref. 1, 2 + Moisten v.] Hence Bemoi·stened ppl. a. [¶] 1. trans. To make moist. [¶] 1590 Lodge Euphues’ Gold. Leg. in Halliw. Shaks. VI. 20 First time shall stay his staylesse race..And snow bemoysten Julies face. 1820 Combe (Dr. Syntax) Consol. vi. (D.) Wiping her bemoisten’d eye. [¶] 2. intr. To become moist. rare. [¶] 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 57 With tears the while bemoist’ning in his eye.
• “bemoisten, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]