different between dampne vs dempne

English

Verb

dampne (third-person singular simple present dampnes, present participle dampning, simple past and past participle dampned)

1. Obsolete form of damn.
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   • 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

1. Alternative form of dampnen

English

Etymology

From Middle English dempnen, from Old French dempner, from Latin damn?.

Verb

dempne (third-person singular simple present dempnes, present participle dempning, simple past and past participle dempned)

1. (obsolete) To damn; to condemn.

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