indemnify
English
WOTD – 11 September 2009
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/
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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
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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)
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "indemnify, v.1". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.
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