0 past simple and past participle of dampen
2 to make feelings, especially of excitement or enjoyment, less strong:
Nothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.
It seemed that the state's highly onerous poll tax dampened voter registration and turnout (see conclusion below).
Perhaps the more cautious reverse order would have dampened the beginner's ardour for the subject?
Changes in input use have dampened but not reversed this trend.
Political stability, consensus building and economic growth appear to have dampened the opposition.
The value of the person with the highest welfare will not be dampened at all.
To put this another way, outcomes of early events or processes in the sequence are amplified, while later events or processes are dampened.
The calcium silicate was mixed thoroughly with the sand, dampened and the filled pots left to stand for one week before planting.
The value of the person with the most negative welfare will not be dampened at all.
