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Webster 1913 Edition
Indemnify
In-dem′ni-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Indemnified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Indemnifying
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indemnify
INDEM'NIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To save harmless; to secure against loss, damage or penalty.2.
To make good; to reimburse to one what he has lost. We indemnify a man, by giving sufficient security to make good a future loss, or by actual reimbursement of loss, after it has occurred.