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 ]