indemnify

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Latin indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Confer damn, damnify.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/, SAMPA: /In"dEm.nI.faI/
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to indemnify

Third person singular
indemnifies

Simple past
indemnified

Past participle
indemnified

Present participle
indemnifying

to indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)

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.
To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. Beattie.