watered ppl adjective. ['wɔ:tǝd] LME.
[from WATER verb + -ED¹.]
1. Of the eyes etc.: filled with or wet with tears. LME-L16.

2. Soaked, sprinkled, or kept moist with water. LME.
b. Of meadowland: subject to flooding. M18.
c. Of a country etc.: supplied with streams (freq. with adverb). Of a road: within easy distance of water. L18.

3. Diluted with water (lit. & fig.). Now usu. watered-down. M16.
Times A compromise plan..would have involved a watered-down selection procedure.

4. a. Of silk or other textile: having a wavy lustrous damask-like pattern. L16.
b. Of steel: damascened. M19.

5. Of trading stock or capital: artificially increased by watering: see WATER verb 5b. L19.

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