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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French dampner, from Latin damnō; compare condempnen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdam(p)nən/, /ˈdam(p)ən/

Verb edit

dampnen (third-person singular simple present dampneth, present participle dampnende, dampnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle dampned)

  1. to condemn, denounce, criticise
  2. (law) to charge as guilty; to effect punishment.
  3. to damn (consign to hell)
  4. to condemn to some ill fate, to doom or destine (to die, etc.)
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 843-844:
      [...] Mankind was lorn and damned ay to dye,
      For which thy child was on a croys y-rent; [...]
      [...] Mankind was lost, and damned forever to die,
      For which your child was stretched on a cross; [...]
  5. (law, rare) to make illegal; to ban
  6. (law, rare) to nullify

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Descendants edit

  • English: damn
  • Scots: damn

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