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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stamp \stamp\ sta^mp v. t. imp.  p. p. stamped
   sta^mt; 215; p. pr.  vb. n. stamping. oe. stampen;
   akin to lg.  d. stampen, g. stampfen, ohg. stampf=on, dan.
   stampe, sw. stampa, icel. stappa, g. stampf a pestle and e.
   step. see step, v. i., and cf. stampede.
   1. to strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the
      foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --shak.
      1913 webster

            he frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to bring down the foot forcibly on the ground or floor;
      as, he stamped his foot with rage.
      1913 webster

   3. to crush; to pulverize; specifically metal., to crush by
      the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
      1913 webster

            i took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and
            burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it
            very small.                           --deut. ix.
                                                  21.
      1913 webster

   4. to impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate
      with arms or initials.
      1913 webster

   5. fig.: to impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp
      virtuous principles on the heart.
      1913 webster

            god . . . has stamped no original characters on our
            minds wherein we may read his being.  --locke.
      1913 webster

   6. to cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc.,
      into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure
      with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
      1913 webster

   7. to put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter;
      to stamp a legal document.
      1913 webster

   to stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic
      action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
      1913 webster
see also:
stamped stamping step stampede to stamp out 

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