Definition of "rewetting" [rewetting]

• A second or subsequent wetting (noun)

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• "December 11th climate negotiators at the United Nations' meeting in Cancún, Mexico, agreed that peatland "rewetting", as it is rather inelegantly known, could be a way for some countries to offset emissions of carbon dioxide from other sources, under the Kyoto protocol or any agreement that follows it."
• "Then, rewetting his fingertips, he sent out the next stack, and the next."
• "One of the disadvantages to travelling for nearly two weeks...where the hell did I leave my rewetting drops?"