bedamp
bedamp verb: to cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
Verb
bedamp (third-person singular simple present bedamps, present participle bedamping, simple past and past participle bedamped)
- To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
- Before I reached our lodgings, the dusk settled into streets, and a mist bedewed and bedamped me and I went astray, as is usual with me, and had to inquire my way; […]1912, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Old Home
- Nor is it sense to prostitute the kirk
With pleas of faith in God for business weal,
When lack of enterprise bedamps your zeal.1922, William Bowman Tucker, Laurentian Tales, page 174
Forms of bedamp
| third-person singular present | bedamps |
|---|---|
| present participle | bedamping |
| past participle | bedamped |
| past | bedamped |
Origin of bedamp
From be- + damp. Compare Dutch bedampen.
Questions about bedamp
- What does bedamp mean?
- Bedamp means to cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
- What part of speech is bedamp?
- Bedamp is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bedamp?
- The past tense of bedamp is bedamped.
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