injure
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)
- (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- (transitive) To damage or impair.
- (transitive) To do injustice to.
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Translations [edit]
to wound or cause physical harm
to cause damage or impair
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
injure f (plural injures)
References [edit]
- "injure" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
