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Webster 1913 Edition

Harm

Harm

(härm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
harm
,
hearm
, AS.
hearm
; akin to OS.
harm
, G.
harm
grief, Icel.
harmr
, Dan.
harme
, Sw.
harm
; cf. OSlav. & Russ.
sram’
shame, Skr.
çrama
toil, fatigue.]
1.
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
2.
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
Syn. – Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See
Mischief
.

Harm

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Harmed
(härmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Harming
.]
[OE.
harmen
, AS.
hearmian
. See
Harm
,
Noun.
]
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
Though yet he never
harmed
me.
Shakespeare
No ground of enmity between us known
Why he should mean me ill or seek to
harm
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Harm

H`ARM

, n.
1.
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment.
Do thyself no harm. Acts.16.
He shall make amends for the harm he hath done in the holy thing. Lev.5.
2.
Moral wrong; evil; mischief; wickedness; a popular sense of the word.

H`ARM

,
Verb.
T.
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to impair soundness of body, either animal or vegetable.

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