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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damages}; p. pr & vb n. {Damaging}.] [Cf. OF damagier domagier See {Damage}, n.] To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. --Clarendon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Damage \Dam"age\, n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr assumed LL damnaticum from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov. xxvi. 6. Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. --Bacon. 2. pl (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. Note: In common-law action the jury are the proper judges of damages. {Consequential damage}. See under {Consequential}. {Exemplary damages} (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others {Nominal damages} (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. {Vindictive damages}, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer. Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See {Mischief}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Damage \Dam"age\, v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as some colors in ?oth damage in sunlight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: damage n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: {harm}, {impairment}] 2: loss of military equipment [syn: {equipment casualty}] 3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: {harm}, {hurt}, {scathe}] 4: the amount of money needed to purchase something "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" [syn: {price}, {terms}] 5: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right [syn: {wrong}, {legal injury}] v : inflict damage upon "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
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