"indemnify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ Audio: En-us-indemnify.ogg [US], en-au-indemnify.ogg [Australia] Forms: indemnifies [present, singular, third-person], indemnifying [participle, present], indemnified [participle, past], indemnified [past]
Etymology: From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₂p-}}, {{af|en|indemn|-ify|pos2=forming verbs|t1=unhurt}} indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
  1. To secure against loss or damage; to insure. Translations (To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure): застраховам (zastrahovam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), осигурявам (osigurjavam) (Bulgarian), indekken (Dutch), verzekeren (Dutch), turvata (Finnish), vakuuttaa (Finnish), taata (Finnish), sicherstellen (German), biztosít (Hungarian), fedez (Hungarian), ubezpieczyć (Polish), zabezpieczyć (Polish), proteger (Portuguese), assegurar (Portuguese), страхова́ть (straxovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), застрахова́ть (zastraxovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), asegurar (Spanish), (birinin zararına) kefil olmak (Turkish), dokunulmazlık vermek (Turkish), korumak (Turkish), teminat vermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-indemnify-en-verb-j4Aj3p3L Disambiguation of 'To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure': 93 7
  2. (chiefly law) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury. Categories (topical): Law Translations (To make restitution or compensation for): обезщетявам (obezštetjavam) (Bulgarian), компенсирам (kompensiram) (Bulgarian), 賠償 (Chinese Cantonese), 赔偿 (pui⁴ soeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 補償 (Chinese Cantonese), 补偿 (bou² soeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), vergoeden (Dutch), hyvittää (Finnish), korvata (Finnish), schadlos halten (German), wiedergutmachen (German), Indemnität erteilen (German), entschädigen (German), térít (Hungarian), kárpótol (Hungarian), kártalanít (Hungarian), wynagrodzić (Polish), wypłacić odszkodowanie (Polish), indenizar (Portuguese), возмеща́ть (vozmeščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возмести́ть (vozmestítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), indemnizar (Spanish), tazmin etmek (Turkish), відшкодо́вувати (vidškodóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відшкодува́ти (vidškoduváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-indemnify-en-verb-en:To_make_restitution_or_compensation_for Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 65 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 34 66 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'To make restitution or compensation for': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indemnifiable, indemnification, indemnifier Related terms: indemnity, endamnify
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ Audio: En-us-indemnify.ogg [US], en-au-indemnify.ogg [Australia] Forms: indemnifies [present, singular, third-person], indemnifying [participle, present], indemnified [participle, past], indemnified [past]
Etymology: From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|in-||into}} in- (“into”), {{m|en|damnify||to injure; to wrong}} damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), {{m|en|indemn}} indemn, {{m|en||indemnify|secure against loss; compensate, reimburse}} indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
  1. (obsolete, rare) to hurt, to harm Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-indemnify-en-verb-O1vrlQ5C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101",
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          "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
          "word": "sicherstellen"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "biztosít"
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          "ref": "1906, Civil Code of the State of California, page 405",
          "text": "The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower.",
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          "word": "hyvittää"
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          "word": "korvata"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
          "word": "schadlos halten"
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          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
          "word": "wiedergutmachen"
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          "word": "Indemnität erteilen"
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          "word": "entschädigen"
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          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
          "word": "térít"
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          "word": "kárpótol"
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          "word": "wynagrodzić"
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          "word": "wypłacić odszkodowanie"
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
          "word": "indenizar"
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          "roman": "vozmeščátʹ",
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          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
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          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
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          "roman": "vidškodóvuvaty",
          "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    {
      "word": "indemnifiable"
    },
    {
      "word": "indemnification"
    },
    {
      "word": "indemnifier"
    }
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        "singular",
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      "form": "indemnifying",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "indemnified",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "indemnified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "indemnity"
    },
    {
      "word": "endamnify"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101",
          "text": "The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out."
        }
      ],
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        "To secure against loss or damage; to insure."
      ],
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        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
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          "insure",
          "insure"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1906, Civil Code of the State of California, page 405",
          "text": "The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury."
      ],
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        [
          "law",
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        ],
        [
          "compensate",
          "compensate"
        ],
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          "reimburse",
          "reimburse"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly law) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:To make restitution or compensation for"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zastrahovam",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "застраховам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osigurjavam",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "осигурявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "indekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "verzekeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "turvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "taata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "sicherstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "fedez"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "ubezpieczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "zabezpieczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "proteger"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "assegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "straxovátʹ",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "страхова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastraxovátʹ",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "застрахова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "asegurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "(birinin zararına) kefil olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "dokunulmazlık vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "korumak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure",
      "word": "teminat vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obezštetjavam",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "обезщетявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kompensiram",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "компенсирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "賠償"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "pui⁴ soeng⁴",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "赔偿"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "補償"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bou² soeng⁴",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "补偿"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "vergoeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "hyvittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "korvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "schadlos halten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "wiedergutmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "Indemnität erteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "entschädigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "térít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "kárpótol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "kártalanít"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "wynagrodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "wypłacić odszkodowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "indenizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmeščátʹ",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возмеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmestítʹ",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возмести́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "indemnizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "word": "tazmin etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidškodóvuvaty",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відшкодо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidškoduváty",
      "sense": "To make restitution or compensation for",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відшкодува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indemnify"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "damnify",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to injure; to wrong"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "indemnifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "indemnifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "indemnified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "indemnified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a\nHe... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified."
        },
        {
          "text": "1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij\nWhat harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?"
        }
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          "hurt"
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          "harm"
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        "(obsolete, rare) to hurt, to harm"
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        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-indemnify.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "word": "indemnify"
}

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