wet
adjective
moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.
have wetted
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present perfectof wet.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It could only have wetted its bill, but Mr. Stuart had marked the spot, and there was water.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
The first was the complete absence of wind which must have raised waves that might have swamped me and would at any rate have wetted the rifle.
From Allan and the Holy Flower by Henry Rider Haggard
"Bedamn," he said, "but if I'd known that was to be the way it was to be I might as well have put him ashore there myself and not have wetted him."
From Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham
"I am quite provoked you should have wetted your feet in such a cause."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
One unclasped the saw collar, one unbraced the waistcoat, another sprinkled water over him—not a bucketful this time, because they would have wetted themselves.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
