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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indemnify  \In*dem"ni*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Indemnified};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Indemnifying}.]  [L.  indemnis  unhurt  (in-  not  + 
  damnum  hurt,  damage)  +  -fy.  Cf  {Damn},  {Damnify}.] 
  1.  To  save  harmless;  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  --Sir  W. 
  Temple. 
 
  2.  To  make  restitution  or  compensation  for  as  for  that  which 
  is  lost;  to  make  whole;  to  reimburse;  to  compensate. 
  --Beattie. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  indemnify 
  v  1:  secure  against  future  loss  damage,  or  liability;  give 
  security  for  "This  plan  indemnifies  workers  against 
  wages  lost  through  illness" 
  2:  make  amends  for  pay  compensation  for  [syn:  {compensate},  {recompense}] 




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