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stamped |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stamp \Stamp\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped}; p. pr & vb n. {Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG & D. stampen, G. stampfen OHG. stanpf?n, Dan. stampe, Sw stampa, Icel. stappa, G. stampf a pestle and E. step. See {Step}, v. i., and cf {Stampede}.] 1. To strike beat or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. 2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as he stamped his foot with rage. 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. I took your sin, the calf which ye had made and burnt it with fire, and stamped it and ground it very small --Deut. ix 21. 4. To impress with some mark or figure; as to stamp a plate with arms or initials. 5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being --Locke. 6. To cut out bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin. 7. To put a stamp on as for postage; as to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. {To stamp out}, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action to extinguish; as to stamp out a rebellion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stamped adj : marked with the impression of a seal
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