damnify

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/ˈdæmnɪfaɪ/

verb

To damage physically; to injure.

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harmwoundabuseannoybewounddamagederedo damage to
OriginOld French damnifier ← Latin damnifico →
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Meanings

verbdamnify (third-person singular simple present damnifies, present participle damnifying, simple past and past participle damnified)

present singular third person damnifies · participle present damnifying · participle past damnified · past damnified

  1. obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

    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

    Synonyms: harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, dere, do damage to

  2. lawTo cause injuries or loss to.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo damage physically; to injure.

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Also see
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Origin

  1. Latindamnifico
  2. Old Frenchdamnifier
  3. Englishdamnify

From Old French damnifier, from Latin damnifico.

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Translations

Bulgarian причинявам щета
  • причинявам щета (pričinjavam šteta)law: to cause injury or loss
Finnish vahingoittaa
  • vahingoittaalaw: to cause injury or loss
Swedish tillfoga skada
  • tillfoga skadalaw: to cause injury or loss
Turkish zarar vermek
  • zarar vermeklaw: to cause injury or loss
Cite this entry
APA

damnify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnify

MLA

“damnify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “damnify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnify.

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