redampen

English

Etymology

re- +‎ dampen

Verb

redampen (third-person singular simple present redampens, present participle redampening, simple past and past participle redampened)

1. (transitive) To dampen again.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     To prepare a shirt for pressing she sprinkled it with water and left it rolled up in a towel. When it was thoroughly redampened she ironed the collar first and then the shoulders, working down.