Dictionary entry

Moisten

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mois″ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Moistened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Moistening.] 1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

A pipe a little moistened on the inside. Bacon.

2. To soften by making moist; to make tender.

It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. Fuller.