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verb (used with object)
1.
to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
2.
to dull or deaden; depress: to dampen one's spirits.
3.
damp (def. 10).
verb (used without object)
4.
to become damp.
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Word Origin & History
dampen
c.1630, "to dull or deaden" (of force, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.), from damp. Literal meaning "to moisten" is recorded from 1827. Related: Dampened (c.1630); dampener (1887).
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