(a) Characterized by abundant precipitation, rainy; (b) full of water vapor; humid; (c) consisting of naturally occurring water or water vapor; ~ moisture (shoures); (d) possessing the essential nature or characteristics of water as an element; also, associated with the element water; of color: like water in luster, translucence, paleness, etc.; also, as noun: that which has the essential characteristics of water, aqueous things [quot. a1398, 2nd]; ~ tokninges, astrol. the zodiacal signs associated with water.

(a) Moist because of proximity to a body of water, or a well watered by precipitation, irrigation, etc.; also, marshy, swampy; ?adjacent to a water source [last quot.]; (b) native to the water, inhabiting or growing in water; as noun: aquatic creatures [1st quot.]; (c) ?dripping with water so as to smell of the sea, perennially water-soaked; (d) filled with water; also, of a vessel: ?designated to hold water; (e) comparable to water (in contrast to wine), waterlike;—used fig.

(a) Thinned or diluted by water or other liquid so as to be fluid, thin, watery; also, undesirably reduced in strength or concentration by the diluting effects of water; also fig. of the heart [1st quot.]; of sunbeams: ?dimmed by passage through water;—used in fig. context; ~ humour (moisture, superfluite), excessive natural moisture, usu. in the body; (b) containing excessive moisture, unmatured, unwholesome; (c) physiol. characterized by a morbid accumulation or exudation of fluid; producing a discharge, running; also, exuding rheum or tears, runny, watering; also, tearful in response to sorrow [quots. 1447 & last]; ~ moisture, fluid secreted by the eye; (d) ?slimy, unpleasantly moist; ?error for attri adj.