"make moist or damp," 1570s, from moist + -en (1). Related: Moistened; moistening. The earlier verb was simply moist (mid-14c.), from Old French moistir.
The dew moistened the meadows
moiety
moil
Moira
moire
moist
moisten
moistener
moisture
moisturize
moisturizer
Mojave
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