But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves.
Shak.
Dam*nif"ic (?), a. [L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn.] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.
Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. damnificatio.] That which causes damage or loss.
Dam"ni*fy (dm"n*f), v. t. [LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.] To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.]
This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified.
Milton.
Damn"ing (?), a. That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.
Damn"ing*ness, n. Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]." Hammond.
||dam"num (?), n. [L.] (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.
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{ Dam"o*sel (dm"*zl), Dam`o*sel"la (-zl"l), ||Da`moi`selle" (d`mwä`zl") }, n. See Damsel. [Archaic]
Dam"our*ite (dm"*t), n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
Damp (dmp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
Milton.