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stamp

   [stamp] ,
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
2. to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc.
3. to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (fol. by out): to stamp out a fire.
4. to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually fol. by out).
5. to crush or pound with or as with a pestle.
6. to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership: to stamp a document with a seal.
7. to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.: Age stamped his face with lines.
8. to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on: to stamp one's initials on a document.
9. to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.).
10. to characterize, distinguish, or reveal: His ingenuity with words stamped him as a potential poet.
–verb (used without object)
11. to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc.
12. to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps: He stamped out of the room in anger.
–noun
13. postage stamp.
14. an act or instance of stamping.
15. a die or block for impressing or imprinting.
16. a design or legend made with such a die or block.
17. an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.
18. a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark: a great man who left his stamp on legal procedure.
19. character, kind, or type: a woman of serious stamp.
20. an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid.
21. Also called local, local stamp. such a device, often similar to a postage stamp, issued by a private organization to show that the charges for mail carrying have been paid.
22. trading stamp.
23. food stamp.
24. an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.
25. a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) early ME stampen to pound, crush, prob. continuing OE *stampian (c. MD, MLG stampen, OHG stampfōn, ON stappa); sense development appar. influenced by OF estamper to stamp < Gmc; (n.) late ME: instrument for stamping an impression; partly deriv. of the v., partly < OF estampe, deriv. of estamper
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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