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in⋅dem⋅ni⋅fy

  [in-dem-nuh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
2. to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability).
Origin:
1605–15; < L indemni(s) without loss (see indemnity ) + -fy

Related forms:
in⋅dem⋅ni⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. recompense, reimburse, repay.
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in·dem·ni·fy   (ĭn-děm'nə-fī')   
tr.v.   in·dem·ni·fied, in·dem·ni·fy·ing, in·dem·ni·fies
  1. To protect against damage, loss, or injury; insure.
  2. To make compensation to for damage, loss, or injury suffered.

[Latin indemnis, uninjured (in-, not; see in-1 + damnum, harm, damage entailing liability) + -fy.]
in·dem'ni·fi'er n.
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Indemnify

In*dem"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indemnified; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying.] [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. Damn, Damnify.]

1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. --Sir W. Temple.

2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. --Beattie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: in·dem·ni·fy
Pronunciation: in-'dem-n&-"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
Etymology: Latin indemnis unharmed, from in- not + damnum damage
1 : to secure against hurt, loss, or damage
2 : to compensate or reimburse for incurred hurt, loss, or damage —in·dem·ni·fi·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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