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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hwet, wet |
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɛt, wɛt |
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Définition 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
- 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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