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Dampen

//ˈdæmpən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet. transitive
  2. 2
    make moist wordnet
  3. 3
    To become damp or moist. intransitive
  4. 4
    lessen in force or effect wordnet
  5. 5
    To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things). transitive

    "We won't let the bad news dampen our spirits."

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  1. 6
    check; keep in check (a fire) wordnet
  2. 7
    To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). proscribed, transitive
  3. 8
    make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible wordnet
  4. 9
    To become damped or deadened. intransitive
  5. 10
    suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity wordnet
  6. 11
    reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) wordnet
  7. 12
    deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping wordnet

Etymology

From damp + -en.

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