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Definition of Dampened
1. dampen [v] - See also: dampen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampened
Literary usage of Dampened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College Algebra: With Applications by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1916)
"dampened vibrations. If a weight is attached to one end of a string, whose other
end is attached to a fixed support, an impetus given to the weight will ..."
2. An Observer in the Philippines: Or, Life in Our New Possessions by John Bancroft Devins (1905)
"... XXXIII TRUSTWORTHY MEN NEEDED High Moral Tone Needed—Violations of Financial
Confidence—American Enthusiasm dampened—Sacrifice by Men of Culture—Haste ..."
3. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"... but cannot keep abreast of the accumulation; besides, it makes Jack indignant
to see me do it. The aforesaid joy of living is considerably dampened ..."
4. A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices by Thomas Armitage (1887)
"The thought that he must enter Rome, a mass of two millions of people from all
lands, a prisoner, unknown and nearly alone, may have dampened and even ..."
5. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The plate is kept constantly heated by gas jets burning below the bed ; and in
some' cases one or more of the wiping clothe is dampened by passing the cloth ..."
6. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The plate is kept constantly heated by gas jets burning below the bed : and in
some" cases one or more of the wiping cloths is dampened by passing the cloth ..."
7. The Private Stable: Its Establishment, Management, and Appointments by James Albert Garland (1899)
"... especially on the flaps, which should first be dampened with water. If the
saddle has a leather panel the latter may be softened by rubbing a little ..."
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