To make wet; to soak or drench with moisture.
From 'be-' plus 'wet' (from Old English 'wæt'). Follows the pattern of 'bewater' and 'bewash'—intensifying the action of making something wet.
Words like 'bewet' show us that English speakers found the 'be-' prefix useful for turning adjectives about condition (wet, dry, hot) into forceful action verbs.
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