What does bedamp mean?
Bedamp means (transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen..
Bedamp
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Meaning
(transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen..
Example Sentences
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; […]
Nor is it sense to prostitute the kirk With pleas of faith in God for business weal, When lack of enterprise bedamps your zeal.
“Hallowed is the gleet that bedamps the repentant's nerve - sacred is the golden channel spurting from the kindness of liberty's expiring worldbeater - […]”
Synonyms for bedamp
Antonyms for bedamp
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Word Forms
- bedamps
- bedamping
- bedamped
Usage Notes
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How do you use bedamp in a sentence?
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; […]
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