The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stamp \Stamp\ (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stamped (st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Stamping.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]n, Dan. stampe, Sw. stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See Step, v. i., and cf. Stampede.]
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
--Shak.He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
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To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small.
--Deut. ix. 21. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
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Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
--Locke. To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
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To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
To stamp out, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.
Usage examples of "to stamp out".
Instead there is a mystery cult, nameless and obscure, that will stop at nothing to stamp out that name from either public or private knowledge.
Bane went to stamp out the fire-but another normal arrow whizzed by his head, and he had to retreat.
No doubt many people would have believed that his determination sprang from a desire to stamp out the Boman once and for all, but Roger knew better.
He clenched and unclenched his fists, angry, burning to stamp out this spreading sickness and knowing hopelessly that it could not be done.
We must be ready to stamp out, together, any lord or group of lords who wish to overthrow the Taiko's will, or the legal succession.
In these writings the people were urged to tear down the laws and virtues that our fathers had exalted, to stamp out the soul of the old America—.
In these writings the people were urged to tear down the laws and virtues that our fathers had exalted, to stamp out the soul of the old America - the soul that was bequeathed through a thousand and a half years of Anglo-Saxon freedom, justice, and moderation.