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damnifying

damnifying is the present participle and gerund of damnify.

Meaning of damnify

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
    • he saw himselfe so freshly reare, / As if late fight had nought him damnifyde […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill
  2. To cause injuries or loss to.

Questions about damnifying

What is damnifying the present participle and gerund of?
Damnifying is the present participle and gerund of damnify.

Words near damnifying in the dictionary

  1. damnification
  2. damnifications
  3. damnified
  4. damnifies
  5. damnify
  6. damnifying
  7. Damnii
  8. damning
  9. damning by association
  10. damning the torpedoes
  11. damningly

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