injure

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From injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (injustice; wrong; offense), from in- (not) + iūs, iūris (right, law).

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Infinitive
to injure

Third person singular
injures

Simple past
injured

Past participle
injured

Present participle
injuring

to injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

  1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
  3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

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From Latin injuria.

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injure f. (plural injures)

  1. offense, insult
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