INDEMNIFIED

INDEMNIFY

compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify

(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for; “One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”; “She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident”

indemnify

(verb) secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; “This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

indemnified

simple past tense and past participle of indemnify

Source: Wiktionary


INDEMNIFY

In*dem"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indemnified; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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