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dampen
English
Etymology
From damp +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dæmp?n/
Verb
dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
- (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", Frank R. Stockton, in The Century, vol. XXVI, number 1, May, page 25
- He was dreadfully familiar with everything, and talked about some places we were longing to see in a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
- 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", Frank R. Stockton, in The Century, vol. XXVI, number 1, May, page 25
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
Translations
Anagrams
- dampne, madnep
Danish
Noun
dampen c
- definite singular of damp
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?mp?(n)/
- Hyphenation: dam?pen
- Rhymes: -?mp?n
Etymology 1
From damp +? -en. The meaning “to vape” is a semantic loan from English.
Verb
dampen
- (intransitive) to steam, to give off steam or smoke
- (intransitive) to vape (to inhale the vapour of an electronic cigarette)
- Synonym: vapen
Inflection
Derived terms
- bedampen
- indampen
- uitdampen
- verdampen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
dampen
- Plural form of damp
Middle English
Verb
dampen
- Alternative form of dampnen
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dampen m
- definite singular of damp
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dampen
- definite singular of damp
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dampne
English
Verb
dampne (third-person singular simple present dampnes, present participle dampning, simple past and past participle dampned)
- Obsolete form of damn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Geoffrey Chaucer to this entry?)
- 1547, Anne Askew, The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe in 1996, Elaine V. Beilin, The Examinations of Anne Askew, Oxford University Press, page 86:
- But lete them be ware least they dampne not their owne wretched sowles.
- a. 1542, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Certayne Psalmes in 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets: from Chaucer to Cowper, volume 2, page 395:
- But when he wayeth the fault, and recompence, / He dampneth this hys dede and fyndeth playne / Atwene them two no whytt equiualence: […]
- a. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, Certayne Psalmes in 1836, Richard Challoner, Modern British Martyrology, Keating, Brown & Co., page 58:
- For hereby shall be a great occasion to satisfie the Princess Dowager and the Lady Mary, which doe thinke that they sholde dampne thair sowles if thay sholde abandon and relinquish thair astats.
Anagrams
- dampen, madnep
Middle English
Verb
dampne
- Alternative form of dampnen
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