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Definition of: dew
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(d, dy) noun
1. Moisture condensed from the atmosphere in small drops upon the cool surfaces of plants and other bodies.
2. Anything moist, gentle, or refreshing as dew or suggesting the freshness of dewy morning: the dew of sleep, the dew of youth.
3. Moisture generally, especially that which appears in minute drops, as perspiration, tears, etc.
—v.t. To wet with or as with dew; bedew. ◆ Homophone: due. [OE dēaw]
—dew′less adjective
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