1. adjective /dæmp/
, Oerspread with a damp sweat and holy fear -
2. noun /dæmp/
, Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. -
b) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
, Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes oer my soul. -
3. verb /dæmp/
a) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
, To damp your tender hopes -
b) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
, Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug -
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