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wē̆t
adj.
150 quotations in 8 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances:
wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres
, etc.)
wet
(b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…
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