indemnify
/ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/
indemnify verb: to secure against loss or damage; to insure.
Verb (1)
indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
- 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.1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101
- To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
- 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.1906, Civil Code of the State of California, page 405
Verb (2)
indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified)
- to hurt, to harm
- He... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified.1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a
- What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij
indemnify meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
indemnify in Tamil
- இழப்பீடு செய், இழப்பெதிர்காப்புச் செய், ஈட்டுறுதி செய், சட்ட விலக்குரிமை அளி
indemnify in Urdu
- to indemnify
- ابرا کرنا abrā karna
indemnify in Bengali
- ক্ষতিপূরণ দেওয়া, দায়মুক্ত করা, নিরাপদ রাখা
indemnify in Malayalam
- ഹാനി സംഭവിക്കുന്നതിൽനിന്ന് രക്ഷിക്കുക, ഇൻഷ്വർ ചെയ്യുക, ചെലവായ പണം തിരിയെക്കൊടുക്കുക, പ്രതിഫലം നൽകുക
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- indemnify in Kannada
- ಕಳೆತತುಂಬು, ಮುನ್ಗಾಪು ಪಡೆ, ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಕೊಡು, ಭದ್ರಪಡಿಸು
Forms of indemnify
| third-person singular present | indemnifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | indemnifying |
| past participle | indemnified |
| past | indemnified |
Origin of indemnify
From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs)
From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”).
Words formed from indemnify
Questions about indemnify
- What does indemnify mean?
- Indemnify means to secure against loss or damage; to insure.
- What is indemnify in Tamil?
- Indemnify in Tamil is இழப்பீடு செய், இழப்பெதிர்காப்புச் செய், ஈட்டுறுதி செய். See Indemnify meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is indemnify?
- Indemnify is a verb.
- How do you pronounce indemnify?
- Indemnify is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/.
- What is the past tense of indemnify?
- The past tense of indemnify is indemnified.
Words near indemnify in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: indemnify (page history and authors); indemnify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابرا کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Indemnify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indemnify (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indemnify (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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