Definition/Meaning of indemnify

• English - Verb: indemnify (third-person singular simple present indemnifies, present participle indemnifying, simple past and past participle indemnified) To secure against loss or damage ; to insure . 1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101 The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. To…
• English - References: ^ Oxford English Dictionary , 1st
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs) Etymology 2. From in- (“ into ”) + damnify (“to injure ; to wrong ”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/
• English - Derived terms: indemnifiable indemnification indemnifier unindemnified