3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stamp \Stamp\ (st[a^]mp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stamped} (st[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stamping}.] [OE. stampen; akin to LG. & D. stampen, G. stampfen, OHG. stampf[=o]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. [1913 Webster] He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage. [1913 Webster] 3. To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials. [1913 Webster] 5. Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart. [1913 Webster] God . . . has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 7. To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document. [1913 Webster] {To stamp out}, to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stamped adj : marked with the impression of a seal From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 47 Moby Thesaurus words for "stamped": accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, allowed, approved, authenticated, avowed, carved, certified, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, creased, cut, enchased, endorsed, engraved, furrowed, glyphic, granted, graved, graven, grooved, impressed, imprinted, incised, inscribed, insculptured, lined, marked, notarized, printed, professed, ratified, received, recognized, sculptured, sealed, signed, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, tooled, underwritten, validated, warranted
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