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Indemnify

//ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

    "The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out."

  2. 2
    to hurt, to harm obsolete, rare

    "1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a He... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified."

  3. 3
    make amends for; pay compensation for wordnet
  4. 4
    To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.

    "The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower."

  5. 5
    secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs)

Etymology 2

From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”).

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