Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dewet
Participle: dewetted
Gerund: dewetting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dewet |
| you | dewet |
| he;she;it | dewets |
| we | dewet |
| you | dewet |
| they | dewet |
Perfect
| I | have dewetted |
| you | have dewetted |
| he;she;it | has dewetted |
| we | have dewetted |
| you | have dewetted |
| they | have dewetted |
Past
| I | dewetted |
| you | dewetted |
| he;she;it | dewetted |
| we | dewetted |
| you | dewetted |
| they | dewetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dewetted |
| you | had dewetted |
| he;she;it | had dewetted |
| we | had dewetted |
| you | had dewetted |
| they | had dewetted |
Future
| I | will dewet |
| you | will dewet |
| he;she;it | will dewet |
| we | will dewet |
| you | will dewet |
| they | will dewet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dewetted |
| you | will have dewetted |
| he;she;it | will have dewetted |
| we | will have dewetted |
| you | will have dewetted |
| they | will have dewetted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dewet |
| you | dewet |
| he;she;it | dewet |
| we | dewet |
| you | dewet |
| they | dewet |
Perfect
| I | have dewetted |
| you | have dewetted |
| he;she;it | have dewetted |
| we | have dewetted |
| you | have dewetted |
| they | have dewetted |
Imperfect
| I | dewetted |
| you | dewetted |
| he;she;it | dewetted |
| we | dewetted |
| you | dewetted |
| they | dewetted |
Pluperfect
| I | had dewetted |
| you | had dewetted |
| he;she;it | had dewetted |
| we | had dewetted |
| you | had dewetted |
| they | had dewetted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dewet |
| you | would dewet |
| he;she;it | would dewet |
| we | would dewet |
| you | would dewet |
| they | would dewet |
Perfect
| I | would have dewetted |
| you | would have dewetted |
| he;she;it | would have dewetted |
| we | would have dewetted |
| you | would have dewetted |
| they | would have dewetted |
Imperative
| you | dewet |
| we | Let's dewet |
| you | dewet |
Verbs conjugated like 'dewet'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dewet'
bewet,
denet,
dewret,
beget,
benet,
beset,
dawt,
debel,
debit,
debut,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. Proto-Indo-European *wed-
10. Proto-Germanic *wētaz
11. Proto-West Germanic *wāt
12. Old English wǣt
13. Middle English wet
14. English wet
15. English dewet
16. From de- + wet.
Sample Sentences
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It is well known that air bubbles attach to hydrophobic surfaces; in other words, such surfaces are partially dewetted by water. [2004, Rada A. Pushkarova, Roger D. Horn, “Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open”, in Colloids and Surfaces A, volume 261, →DOI:]
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To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner. [1995, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al., “Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage”, in Journal of Food Science:]