DAMNIFY

Etymology

Verb

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

(obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.

(legal) To cause injuries or loss to.

Source: Wiktionary


Dam"ni*fy, v. t. Etym: [LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.]

Definition: To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. [R.] This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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