Damascene
adjective
of or relating to the city of Damascus.
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Damascene
American
[dam-uh-seen, dam-uh-seen]
/ ˈdæm əˌsin, ˌdæm əˈsin /
adjective
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of or relating to the city of Damascus.
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(lowercase) of or relating to the art of damascening.
noun
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an inhabitant of Damascus.
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(lowercase) work or patterns produced by damascening.
verb (used with object)
Damascenes,
present (3rd person singular)
Damascened,
past
damascened,
past participle
Damascening
present participle
Damascene
1
British
/ ˌdæməˈsiːn, ˈdæməˌsiːn /
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Damascus
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a variety of domestic fancy pigeon with silvery plumage
damascene
2
British
/ ˌdæməˈsiːn, ˈdæməˌsiːn /
verb
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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Damascenesimple
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Damascenessimple
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have damascenedperfect
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has damascenedperfect
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am Damasceningprogressive
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are Damasceningprogressive
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is Damasceningprogressive
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have been Damasceningperfect progressive
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has been Damasceningperfect progressive
Past
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Damascenedsimple
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had damascenedperfect
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was Damasceningprogressive
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were Damasceningprogressive
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had been Damasceningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of Damascene
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Damascēnus of Damascus < Greek Damaskēnós, equivalent to Damask ( ós ) Damascus + -ēnos -ene
Vocabulary lists containing damascene
Example Sentences
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It’s not quite a Damascene conversion, but he’s certainly much more open to the technology’s upside potential.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
And the agnostic, for whom “True Haunting” could prove a Damascene moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
On one of the hottest days in the Damascene summer, his words interrupted by the occasional argument between other vexed patrons, Elias spoke while his eyes remained fixated on the front of the slow-moving queue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
In 1961, Matsutani had his Damascene moment when he discovered polyvinyl acetate adhesive, otherwise known as Elmer’s glue.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
As an instance of this, an Arab was once at Damascus, and received civilities from a Damascene, who gave him some bread and tobacco.
From The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Risk Allah, Habeeb
While there, she had an epiphany about pursuing an acting career in a damascene moment involving a low-lying mountain that she glimpsed from a road.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
High winds from the south laid the grass flat all day, turning it to a dull, damascene silver.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
It's not the slightest use your looking for anything cheaper—rebounding locks, best stocks, steel damascene barrels; fit for anything from snipe to deer, from dust to buck-shot——' 'But I think——' Another torrent overwhelms me.
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
Named the Heroique, one hears in it Ehlert's "ring of damascene blade and silver spur."
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
The surgeon dropped his plate, full of damascene tart, on the deck.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
For many Damascenes, the dominant feelings are a mix of joy and trepidation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
Loveday Morris and Ahmed Ramadan report from Beirut: While potential options for military intervention were debated in the West, Damascenes did what little they could to prepare.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2013
In a cruel but effective bit of psychological warfare, Israeli Arab-language radio broadcasts taunted Damascenes, telling them to close the shutters on their houses and hang out white flags.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ending the first sequence in the latest round of shuttle diplomacy in Damascus last week, Kissinger was hailed by Damascenes as "al mu'allim," literally the boss who makes things happen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many Omayyad princes considered Merwan as an upstart, his mother being a slave-girl; the Damascenes were angry because he had chosen Harran for his residence; the Kalbites felt themselves slighted, as the Qaisites predominated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Shops have been 280 promptly opened for a holiday sale of the Toledo specialties—arabesqued swords and daggers, every variety of Damascened wares, and marchpane in form of mimic hams, fish, and serpents.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
Its space was generous, broken here and there by piles of ebony furniture, inlaid with pearl; pieces of Saracenic armor, Damascened bucklers, and all the gear too large for the narrow confines below.
From The Lighted Match by Schabelitz, R. F.
The only luxurious touch in the strange place was afforded by a richly Damascened curtain, draped before a recess at the farther end.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax
Among the things brought down from Alta Vista was an exquisite little dagger with a Damascened blade, which I gave to Angela.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William
Damascened armor, encrusted with jewels, girdled the chest of the Asiatic Prince; helmeted the sullen head carved from a single immensity of ivory.
From Zero Data by Saphro, Charles
He endowed the gold damascened parade armor of Emmanuel Philiberto of Savoy with a density of inspection that makes you feel you could lift it off the canvas if the prince were not wearing it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leonardo da Vinci and Cellini for helmet designs and devices that were etched, gilded, embossed and damascened on the steel plate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lord, who has brought back with him his dreams of the East, is always longing for its wonders, for damascened armour, carpets, spices, valuable steeds.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
The long barrels were damascened, and the carved handles terminated in flat steel butts which would have cracked the pate of any highwayman if the shot missed fire.
From The Hand in the Dark by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)
The steel was elaborately damascened with a most beautiful and intricate pattern in gold, and altogether the weapon so irresistibly took my fancy that I unhesitatingly appropriated it forthwith.
From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)
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