dampen

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

damp +‎ -en

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dampen

Third person singular
dampens

Simple past
dampened

Past participle
dampened

Present participle
dampening

to 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.

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[edit] Translations

make damp
depress, lessen
become damp, to deaden

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

dampen c.

  1. Singular definite of damp.

[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

dampen m.

  1. plural of damp
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