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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hwet, wet
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɛt, wɛt


Definition of whetted

Origin :
  • Old English hwettan, from Proto-Germanic *khwatjanan (cf. Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten, Old High German wezzan, German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from an adjective represented by Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp," from Proto-Germanic *khwataz, from PIE root *qwed- "sharp" (cf. Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens"). Figurative sense was in Old English.
  • verb make sharp
  • verb arouse, excite
Example sentences :
  • The little tastes of apple that he got only whetted his appetite.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • Luella had elected him for her next; but he was away, and she whetted her wits on Eddie.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • They waited for the hour to come, and whetted the knife before I took it in my hands.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • The more I examined the thing, the more it whetted my curiosity.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • This only whetted the zeal and inquisitiveness of the inquisitors.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • Every knife in all his band was whetted for that particular scalp.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • The more nearly the chisel can be whetted at the angle at which it was ground the better.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • The conditions only whetted the Boxers to greater barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter
  • But oddly enough, the aggressive criticism only whetted his purpose.
  • Extract from : « A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • The notch in Skofnung they whetted, but the more they whetted the bigger it was.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald » by Unknown

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