Complete Definition of "indemnify"

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Etymology
L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Confer Damn, Damnify.

Verb
en-verb|indemnif|i|ed

  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.

  1. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. Beattie.

Translations
trans-top|To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
Finnish: turvata
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trans-top|To make restitution or compensation for
Finnish: hyvittää, korvata
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