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Webster 1913 Edition
Indemnify
In-dem′ni-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Indemnified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Indemnifying
.] 1.
To save harmless; 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. Sir W. Temple.
2.
To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.
Beattie.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indemnify
INDEM'NIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To save harmless; to secure against loss, damage or penalty.2.
To make good; to reimburse to one what he has lost. We indemnify a man, by giving sufficient security to make good a future loss, or by actual reimbursement of loss, after it has occurred.Definition 2024
indemnify
indemnify
English
Verb
indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
- To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
- 1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101:
- The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
- 1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101:
- (chiefly law) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
To make restitution or compensation for
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Etymology 2
From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”).
Verb
indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
- (obsolete, rare) to hurt, to harm
- 1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a
- 1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij
References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "indemnify, v.1". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.