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Synonyms for moisten

to make moist

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Synonyms for moisten

make moist

moisten with fine drops

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"Oh, sir, I will indeed be worthy of the confidence that you have shown in me!" Her eyes moistened; her variable color came and went; her dress heaved softly over the lovely outline of her bosom.
We moistened the parched lips, and the patient quickly revived.
His voice was weaker, so I moistened his lips with the brandy again, and he continued, but it seemed as though his memory had gone on working in the interval for his story was further advanced.
'A sulky state of feeling,' said Squeers, after a terrible pause, during which he had moistened the palm of his right hand again,
"To think of a whole people homeless in the world!' said Clara, with moistened eyes.
But when he placed his foot upon the worn stone steps, along which so many unhappy wretches had passed, when he felt himself impregnated, as it were, with the atmosphere of those gloomy dungeons, moistened with tears, there could be but little doubt he was overcome by his feelings, for his head was bowed and his eyes became dim, as he followed Baisemeaux without a syllable.
The latter drank it; Raoul scarcely moistened his lips.
Use rainwater or distilled water to moisten as tap water typically too alkaline.
It's involuntary, he's licking his lips, probably to moisten them but the action makes me remember last night.
Pharmaceutical company Oculus Innovative Sciences (NasdaqCM:OCLS) revealed on Thursday that it has received two new CE Marks in Europe for Microcyn-based Lasercyn solution and hydrogel, formulations to moisten and clean skin following laser skin resurfacing, surgical wounds, abrasions, debridement and moistening of cuts, abrasions and minor burns.
He talked about the hundreds of Italians he helped to capture, when out of water he would cut a piece of leather from his belt and chew it to moisten his mouth.
INGREDIENTS 2 x 200g pollock fillets 70g breadcrumbs 2tbsp pesto 20g parmesan cheese 2 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped 50ml olive oil INGREDIENTS 2 x 200g pollock fillets 70g breadcrumbs 2tbsp pesto 20g parmesan cheese 2 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped 50ml olive oil METHOD Mix the breadcrumbs with the grated parmesan cheese and then rub through some of the olive oil to moisten the breadcrumb mix.
Care Aqueous Emollient Cream THIS double protection cream is free of fragrance and colour, and contains a soap substitute to keep skin clean, plus emollients to soothe and moisten dry skin after bathing.
Dissolve a small amount of table salt in a cup of warm water and moisten the test area.
Two levels of soil moisture known as moisten and dry condition selected as the main plots and three planting rows on the beds with the bed distance of 60 and 75 cm with fixed and spring loaded furrow openers as sub plots were the experimental design pattern.