dampen

English

Etymology

damp +‎ -en

Verb

dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)

1. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
2. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
   • 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,

     Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.

3. (intransitive) To become damp; to deaden.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

make damp

Bulgarian: навлажнявам (bg) French: humecter (fr), humidifier (fr)

Spanish: humedecer (es), humectar (es) Swedish: fukta (sv), väta (sv)

depress, lessen

Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (bg), угнетявам (bg) Dutch: bedrukken (nl)

French: déprécier (fr), rabaisser (fr) Spanish: deprimir (es), reducir (es) Swedish: dämpa (sv)

become damp, to deaden

Bulgarian: навлажнявам се (bg)

French: s'humidifier (fr), s'humecter (fr)

Anagrams

• dampne
• madnep

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Danish

Noun

dampen c.

1. singular definite of damp

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Dutch

Verb

dampen (weak in -t)

1. to steam, to give off steam or smoke
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to use the v-word

Conjugation

Conjugation of dampen

infinitive	dampen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	damp	dampte
2nd person singular	dampt	dampte
3rd person singular	dampt	dampte
plural	dampen	dampten
subjunctive sing.1	dampe	dampte
subjunctive plur.1	dampen	dampten
imperative sing.	damp
imperative plur.1	dampt
participles	dampend	(hebben) gedampt
1) Archaic.

Noun

dampen

1. Plural form of damp.