What is to soften by making moist; to make tender. It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. Fuller called?
moisten — To soften by making moist; to make tender. It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. Fuller. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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