damnify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈdæmnɪfaɪ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old French damnifier, from Latin damnifico.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
The infectious raines most damnifying the poore saylers, who must be upon the decks to hand in their sailes, abiding the brunt […]
1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:he saw himselfe so freshly reare, / As if late fight had nought him damnifyde […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:The High Tide at Bristol spoil'd or damnify'd 1500 Hogsheds of Sugars and Tobaccoes, besides great quantities of other Goods.
1704, Daniel Defoe, The Storm:
- To cause injuries or loss to.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| damnifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| damnified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| damnified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| damnifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
hurt · wet · scathe · wound · mayhem · dere · injure · grieve · abuse · maul · damage · annoy · do ill · damnify · do for · harm · bewound · harrow · vulnerate · wound · harm · forwork · do damage to · misdo · put someone in hospital · do violence to · scaith
Translations (4)
bg причинявам щета (law: to cause injury or loss) · tr zarar vermek (law: to cause injury or loss) · sv tillfoga skada (law: to cause injury or loss) · fi vahingoittaa (law: to cause injury or loss)