Damnify

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Damnify \Dam"ni*fy\ (d[a^]m"n[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [LL.
     damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See
     {Damnific}.]
     To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.]
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           This work will ask as many more officials to make
           expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of
           learning be not damnified.               --Milton.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DAMNIFY. To cause damage, injury or loss.