[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

damp \damp\, v. i. imp.  p. p. damped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   damping. oe. dampen to choke, suffocate. see damp, n.
   1. to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
      wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
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   2. to put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to
      cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make
      dull; to weaken; to discourage. "to damp your tender
      hopes." --akenside.
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            usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
            and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
            if it were not for this slug.         --bacon.
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            how many a day has been damped and darkened by an
            angry word                           --sir j.
                                                  lubbock.
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            the failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
            the soldiers.                         --macaulay.
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see also:
damped damping damp 

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