ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]

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  1.  Of persons, their spirits, etc.: Not discouraged or checked; undepressed.

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1742.  Young, Nt. Th., II. 693. Undampt by doubt, undarken’d by despair, Philander, thus, augustly rears his head.

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1792.  S. Rogers, Pleas. Mem., I. 301. Undamped by time, the generous Instinct grows.

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1834.  Wordsw., Lines Album C’tess Lonsdale, 62. They, who mark thy course,… See cheerfulness undamped by stealing Time.

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1863.  N. & Q., 3rd Ser. III. 506. With ardour undamped, and obstinacy undrowned.

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  b.  spec. (See quots. and DAMP v. 1 c.)

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1883.  A. 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.

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1906.  Westm. Gaz., 28 Nov., 5/2. He obtained a million or more vibrations per second, and … produced continuous or undamped waves.

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  2.  Not damped or made wet.

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1898.  Westm. Gaz., 10 Sept., 8/2. Having a surface undamped by rain.

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