Main Entry:

²damp

Function:

verb

Date:

14th century

transitive verb

1 a: to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke b: to diminish the activity or intensity of <damping down the causes of inflation> <liquid damps out compass oscillations> c: to check the vibration or oscillation of (as a string or voltage)2: dampenintransitive verb: to diminish progressively in vibration or oscillation