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dampen, v. (Now chiefly U.S.)|ˈdæmp(ə)n|
[f. damp a. + -en, or derivative form of damp v.]
1. trans. To dull, deaden, diminish the force or ardour of, depress, deject; = damp v. 1, 3.
c1630Jackson Creed vi. i. Wks. VI. 36 By which the fervency of better spirits devotion is so much dampened. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vii. xxxiii, Himself dampens the smiling day. 1813W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. xviii. 296 The miserable accounts from the frontier dampened in some measure the public zeal. 1824Landor Imag. Conv. vii. Wks. 1846 I. 28 His genius hath been dampened by his adversities. 1885Century Mag. 427/1 This adversity seemed to dampen the ardor of the crew.
2. Magnetism. = damp v. 1 d.
1879G. B. Prescott Sp. Telephone 36 The object in using the rubber is to dampen the movement of the disk.
3. To make damp, moisten; = damp v. 5.
1827J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. xv. 246 It is seldom that..he is dampened with salt water. 1885G. H. Boughton Sk. Rambles Holland v. 77 The high tide must somewhat dampen the poor departed [in a churchyard]. 1902C. C. Munn Rockhaven i. 9 We took a handful o' matches, an' dampenin' 'em, rubbed the ends round the eyes..o' the critter. 1906H. D. Pittman Belle of Bluegrass C. xxi. 302 The heavy dews..fell upon her, dampening her hair.
4. intr. To become dull or damp.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. xi. 305 Fog, close, dampning, windy. 1857Lowell Poems, Captive, Yet he came not, and the stillness Dampened round her like a tomb.
Hence ˈdampening vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈdampener (U.S.), a contrivance for damping linen, etc.; also fig.
1814Byron Lara i. xxviii, And o'er his brow the dampening heart-drops threw The sickening iciness of that cold dew. 1836New Monthly Mag. XLVI. 204 The gallantry and beauty of Tuscany sped through the dampening air. 1864Lowell Lincoln Wks. 1890 V. 178 To withstand the inevitable dampening of checks, reverses, delays. 1887Sci. Amer. 26 Mar. 202/2 A seam dampener has been patented..for use in laundries, etc. 1920Glasgow Herald 5 Nov. 11 Socialism has received a decided dampener. |