Moistened

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moisten \Mois"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moistened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Moistening}.]
     1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
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              A pipe a little moistened on the inside. --Bacon.


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     2. To soften by making moist; to make tender.
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              It moistened not his executioner's heart with any
              pity.                                 --Fuller.
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