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Damped

Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Damped; p. pr. & vb. n. Damping.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.]

  1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

  2. 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. ``To damp your tender hopes.''
    --Akenside.

    Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.
    --Bacon.

    How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!
    --Sir J. Lubbock.

    The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.
    --Macaulay.

Wiktionary
damped
  1. 1 (context of an extinguished fire English) stopped from smouldering and reignite by the application of water 2 (context physics of a linear dynamic system English) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio. v

  2. (en-past of: damp)

Usage examples of "damped".

Glenarvan damped his joy somewhat by remarking that the quadrupeds of the Cordilleras are never met with in such a high latitude.

The concrete jarred my feet as I landed, sent splinters of pain lancing up both shins, but the neurachem damped it down instantly and I was only a dozen metres behind.

Troy struck and rebounded, starting to spin off into space again, but he managed to grapple one of the top towers, swinging around until he finally damped his inertia.

Long-fingered black hands damped down on Joseph's shoulders, ready to tear the muscles of his bull-neck free by main force.

The small thuds and swiftly damped chinkings were most satisfying sounds.

Steel sang on steel, then crunched into something that damped the vibrations.

The fire in Slade's blood damped down as the compress debrided, then covered, the swatches where the skin was dead.

He wound up as if for the hardest slam yet, then dinked the ball down just over the net with a heavy backspin that damped it almost to a standstill.

He wound up as if for the hardest slam yet, then dinked the ball down just over the net with a heavy backspin that damped it almost to a standstill.

Siffha'h looked the circle over, found the power-supply access point and stood on it: the circle flared for just a second with power, then damped down again.

They weren't inherently stupid--their genetics did not permit it--but their minds were damped down to some artificial horizon.

They weren't inherently stupidtheir genetics did not permit itbut their minds were damped down to some artificial horizon.

His screens damped automatically to keep from being overloaded, but the blue flash was reflected onto Ortnahme through the open hatch as Hermans Whore bucked with the recoil.

His screens damped automatically to keep from being overloaded, but the blue flash was reflected onto Ortnahme through the open hatch as Herman's Whore bucked with the recoil.

Instead, the huge catcher's mitt damped the bounce into rippling waves.