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redampen

redampen verb: to dampen again.

Verb

redampen (third-person singular simple present redampens, present participle redampening, simple past and past participle redampened)

  1. (transitive) To dampen again.
    • To prepare a shirt for pressing she sprinkled it with water and left it rolled up in a towel. When it was thoroughly redampened she ironed the collar first and then the shoulders, working down.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of redampen

third-person singular presentredampens
present participleredampening
past participleredampened
pastredampened

Origin of redampen

From re- + dampen.

Questions about redampen

What does redampen mean?
Redampen means to dampen again.
What part of speech is redampen?
Redampen is a verb.
What is the past tense of redampen?
The past tense of redampen is redampened.

Words near redampen in the dictionary

  1. redamancy
  2. redame
  3. redammed
  4. redamming
  5. redammings
  6. redampen
  7. redampened
  8. redampening
  9. redampens
  10. redams
  11. redan

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