Definitions
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- verb rare, intransitive To
wet the bed : to experiencebed-wetting orenuresis , to urinate while asleep.
Etymologies
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Backformation from bed-wetting, bed-wetter. Ultimately from bed + wet.
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Examples
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First you must accept he is not to blame in any way, and that around one in five four-and-a-half year-olds bed-wet once a week or more.
Doctor, doctor: Sickness in pregnancy, plus our four-year-old wets the bed Dr Tom Smith 2010
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