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dampened

Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened (d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]

  1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

  2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

    In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
    --The Century.

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dampened

vb. (en-past of: dampen)

Usage examples of "dampened".

Spittle dampened my cheek and neck as he blew a forced breath, and his grip relaxed just enough for me to break free.

The energies which they yearned intensely to combine were dampened by the dominance.

He dampened his own reception, but he could not remain immune to the intense emo tional agitation that battered his senses.

He found that the sting-pzzt dampened his Talent, muffled it, so he gave up trying to project.

She had renewed her determination to become a Singer, which had been dampened somewhat by Tukolom and an instructional mode that subtly ignored the main objective of the recruits -- becoming a Crystal Singer.

Orlith had dampened the pain of the fierce headache, she had eased the stress of fever and depressed the hard, racking cough.

Alessan inclined his head in gratitude and then folded the dampened cloth before placing it on the forehead of the man he was tending.

The Lemos Lord Holder was tall and slightly stooped in the shoulder, with a full head of blondish hair, slightly dampened from his riding helmet.

His initial elation had been much dampened by realizing that his young friend was being excluded from the interview.

Worn from the effort of leashing his own temper, the ambassa from Havish shook out his linen cuff and blotted his dampened f~ The word he must bear home to his liege boded ill.

The Etarran stayed planted, arms folded over his breastplate, while his men in the gate towers clasped dampened hands to their weapons in chill fear of provoking fell sor ceries.

The seeress swallowed, her dampened palms clouding a fo~ crystal's slick surface.

I smiled, and was going to say something more to compliment Coel on his homeland, but then Brutus rode up, and I dampened my smile.

The bottom of the jar rested in a sort of improvished shallow stand or mount, formed of a dampened, wrapped towel.

Apparently she had come from some stream or rivulet, or public place, where she had been laundering, for she had had in her possession a basket filled with dampened clothes.