DAMPEN

moisten, wash, dampen

(verb) make moist; “The dew moistened the meadows”

dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break

(verb) lessen in force or effect; “soften a shock”; “break a fall”

dampen

(verb) check; keep in check (a fire)

dampen, deaden, damp

(verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; “muffle the message”

stifle, dampen

(verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; “Stifle your curiosity”

dampen

(verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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 slightly wet.

(intransitive) To become damp or moist.

(transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

(intransitive) To become damped or deadened.

Anagrams

• dampne, madnep

Source: Wiktionary

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Damp"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dampened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dampening.]

1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.

Damp"en, v. i.

Definition: To become damp; to deaden. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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