From re- +‎ dam.

redam (third-person singular simple present redams, present participle redamming, simple past and past participle redammed)

1. (transitive) To dam again.
   • 1994, Ruth Patrick, Rivers of the United States, Estuaries, page 138:

     The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through.

• Emard, derma-, m'dear, dearm, ad rem, armed, dream, medar, derma, Mader, ramed, -derma

redam

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of redar

Inherited from Malay redam (“faint”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /rəˈdam/ [rəˈdam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: re‧dam

redam (comparative lebih redam, superlative paling redam)

1. dim, faint, vague
2. hushed, muffled
3. dampen

Inherited from Malay redam (“crushed”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /rəˈdam/ [rəˈdam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: re‧dam

redam (comparative lebih redam, superlative paling redam)

1. crushed
2. shattered

• “redam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

redam

1. third-person plural present indicative of redar

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