damnify

Etymology

From Old French damnifier, from Latin damnifico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmnɪfaɪ/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To damage physically; to injure.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:

     he saw himselfe so freshly reare, / As if late fight had nought him damnifyde […]

   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:

     The infectious raines most damnifying the poore saylers, who must be upon the decks to hand in their sailes, abiding the brunt […]

2. (law) To cause injuries or loss to.