bedew

Cover with droplets

To bedew is to moisten with dew or dew-like drops: Tears bedewed her cheeks.

The word is literary and old-fashioned, appearing mostly in poetry and elevated prose to describe gentle moisture settling on surfaces: Morning mist bedewed the grass.

action

dampen

Wet slightly or diminish

mist · spray · humidify · water · bathe · douse · rinse · saturate · soak · drench

moisture

dampness

Mild presence of water

mist · dewdrops · glistening · beaded · speckled · pearled · shimmering · dappled · sprinkled · dotted

morning

dawn

Day's first glow

grass · meadow · petals · cobwebs · spiderwebs · leaves · blades · lawns · gardens · fields

poetic

tears

Violent pulls apart

jeweled · crystalline · trembling · tender · delicate · ephemeral · transient · evanescent · lustrous · opalescent

Opposites
moisture application

bedewdry

Free from moisture

desiccate · dehydrate · parch · scorch · sear

intensity of wetting

bedewdrench

Soak something completely

soak · saturate · flood · deluge · drown

Family

dew, dewy, dewiness, dews, dewed, dewlap

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G