dip
verb (used with object)
to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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What boots it for thee to have dipt thy hand In odors wafted from Arabian land?
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.