v. t.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [ the works of modern poets ] . . . without hearing. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. “While I inwardly damn.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn. ]
A creature unprepared unmeet for death,
And to transport him in the mind he is,
Were damnable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n. [ F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn. ]
How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matt. xxiii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner. ] Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. “Damnatory invectives.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn. ] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. damnificatio. ] That which causes damage or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific. ] To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That damns; damnable;
n. Tendency to bring damnation. “The damningness of them [ sins ].” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. ] (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To damnify; to injure. [ R. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]