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damnify

[dam-nuh-fahy]

verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing. Law.

to cause loss or damage to.

Origin:
1505–15; < Middle French damnifier, Old French < Late Latin damnificāre, derivative of Latin damnific(us) harmful, equivalent to damn(um) damage + -ificus (see -i-, -fic); see -ify

Related forms

un·dam·ni·fied, adjective

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damnify (ˈdæmnɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
	law to cause loss or damage to (a person); injure

[C16: from Old French damnifier, ultimately from Latin damnum harm, + facere to make]

damnifi'cation

—n

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