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unˈdamped, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of persons, their spirits, etc.: Not discouraged or checked; undepressed.
1742Young Nt. Th. ii. 693 Undampt by doubt, undarken'd by despair, Philander, thus, augustly rears his head. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. i. 301 Undamped by time, the generous Instinct grows. 1834Wordsw. Lines Album C'tess Lonsdale 62 They, who mark thy course,..See cheerfulness undamped by stealing Time. 1863N. & Q. 3rd Ser. III. 506 With ardour undamped, and obstinacy undrowned.
b. spec. (See quots. and damp v. 1 c.)
1883A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. III. 636 In the edition of 1797 he remarks that the undamped register of the Fortepiano is the most agreeable. 1906Westm. Gaz. 28 Nov. 5/2 He obtained a million or more vibrations per second, and..produced continuous or undamped waves.
2. Not damped or made wet.
1898Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 8/2 Having a surface undamped by rain. |