Bedamp
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen. transitive
"Before I reached our lodgings, the dusk settled into streets, and a mist bedewed and bedamped me and I went astray, as is usual with me, and had to inquire my way; […]"
Example
More examples"Before I reached our lodgings, the dusk settled into streets, and a mist bedewed and bedamped me and I went astray, as is usual with me, and had to inquire my way; […]"
Etymology
From be- + damp. Compare Dutch bedampen.
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