Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
wet , wit.
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Examples
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It came, without either wind, or thunder, or any violence, and by degreese in that abundance, as that the earth was thorowly wete and soked therwith.
Boing Boing 2008
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There wete once two Disneys: the humorist who amused himself with Mickey and, incidentally, made a most brilliant use of the new invention of sound, and the lyrical versifier -- poet is putting it too high -- who created the entirely successful Flowers and Trees.
Donald Duck Ruined Everything? Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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There wete once two Disneys: the humorist who amused himself with Mickey and, incidentally, made a most brilliant use of the new invention of sound, and the lyrical versifier -- poet is putting it too high -- who created the entirely successful Flowers and Trees.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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We had a small reception and then wete led out for the ceremony.
Barbara Bush Barbara Bush 2005
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We had a small reception and then wete led out for the ceremony.
Barbara Bush Barbara Bush 2005
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I have often tymes assayed, that zif a man kepe hem with a litylle of the roche, and wete hem with May dew ofte sithes, thei schulle growe everyche zeer; and the smale wole wexen grete.
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I have often tymes assayed, that zif a man kepe hem with a litylle of the roche, and wete hem with May dew ofte sithes, thei schulle growe everyche zeer; and the smale wole wexen grete.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Dit is in die wete dat hierdie universiteit 'n groot rol te speel het om daardie wens te bewaarheid, dat ek die eer aanvaar om
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Na sulke persone wil ek my hand uitsteek in die wete dat u my onmiskenbare landgenoot is en dat ons almal saam kan bou aan 'n tuiste.
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She realized she had been naive about Genesis in assuming she would have seen all the dangers there wete m her first two years, even though she had rarely ventured away from the complex.
Eve's Rib Chandler, Bryn 1989
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