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Dampen

verb

(past & past part. dampened; pres. part. dampening)

Smother or suppress. Synonym: stifle.

Make moist. Synonyms: moisten, wash.

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. Synonyms: damp, dull, muffle, mute, tone down.

Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves).

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible. Synonyms: damp, deaden.

Check; keep in check (a fire).

Lessen in force or effect. Synonyms: break, damp, soften, weaken. "Break a fall"

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"Dampen" Quotes from Famous Books

... two-story ramshackle affair with overhanging eaves, especially designed to obstruct light and darken the upper schoolroom. The building is in the center of a pine grove 250 x 150 feet in size, which also obstructs the light and tends to dampen the building. At the extreme ends of this school lot are two privies for the boys and girls, built on loose stone foundations, innocent of mortar or cement, which allows the water in heavy storms to wash out the fecal contents of ...

— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden

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... my native land. To the end of my days I must remain in exile. Yet even these thoughts failed to dampen my ardor. ...

— The Lost Continent • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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