Meanings
verbwhetten (third-person singular simple present whettens, present participle whettening, simple past and past participle whettened)
present singular third person whettens · participle present whettening · participle past whettened · past whettened
- raretransitiveTo whet.
Origin
From whet (past participle) + -en.
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APA
whetten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whetten
MLA
“whetten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whetten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whetten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whetten.
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