What is the Latin word for bedew?

The usual Latin words for “bedew” are irrōrō, rōscidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“bedew” in Latin

irrōrōto wet or moisten with dew; to bedew; to besprinkle rōscidusdewy; moist; bedewed

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

bedew

TR., irrorare; poetically, rore rigare; bedewed, roscidus: to bedew the cheeks with tears, humectare genas lacrimis: to be bedewed, humescere: the eye is bedewed with tears, oculus humectat.

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What is the Latin word for bedew?: The usual Latin words for “bedew” are irrōrō, rōscidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.