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单词 indemnify
释义

indemnifyv.1

/ɪnˈdɛmnɪfʌɪ/
Forms: Also 1600s indempnifie, indamnifie.
Etymology: < Latin indemnis indemn adj. + -fy suffix.
1. transitive. To preserve, protect, or keep free from, secure against (any hurt, harm, or loss); to secure against legal responsibility for past or future actions or events; to give an indemnity to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > against or from something
secure1596
indemnify1611
indemnize1611
free1613
retain1661
ensure1692
guaranty1732
insure1825
society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] > secure against liability
indemnify1611
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > secure against loss or penalty
indemnify1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Indemniser, to..indamnifie.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋217 Save harmles and keep indempnified.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 153 An Asylum, to which any of them flying remain'd indemnified for whatever Delict committed.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iv. 21 Why must the rest of the Tradesmen be..indemnified from Charges..?
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xi. 142 The fact indemnified the peace officers and their assistants, if they killed any of the mob in endeavouring to suppress such riot.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 554 An Act..providing that, if Cook would make..a true and full discovery, he should be indemnified for the crimes which he might confess.
1870 Standard 12 Nov. On entering into partnership in 1860 he was indemnified against liability on previously overdrawn accounts.
1884 J. Rae Contemp. Socialism 376 A sound system of working class insurance must be devised, which shall indemnify them against all the accidents and reverses of life.
2.
a. To compensate (a person, etc.) for loss suffered, expenses incurred, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > for an offence or loss
assythc1375
compense1393
countervail1393
recompense1430
reprisal1668
indemnify1693
1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iii. 2 That they who formerly possessed Employments, should be indempnified for the Loss of their Posts.
1771 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 226 The plunder of the countries they invaded served to indemnify them for what they had expended in equipping themselves for the service.
1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia xx. 377 It was left to the Sultan to indemnify his vassals for their loss.
1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. i. 5 [They] indemnified themselves for the non payment of their salaries by killing the deer for sale and for their own subsistence.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 395 They..indemnified themselves by extortions from their unhappy subjects.
b. To compensate for disadvantages, annoyances, hardships, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > disadvantages, annoyances, or hardships
indemnify1706
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 121 You ought to indemnify others for the Uneasiness you give them.
1766 E. Burke Let. Aug. in Corr. (1958) I. 268 This is one way of indemnifying one's self for the plainness of one's habit.
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxv. 376 The high price of provisions indemnifies the cultivator for the hard life.
1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) xiv. 171 However long and dreary may be the winter, we are always indemnified by the spring.
1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. iii. 40 She somehow appeared..to indemnify herself for her privations.
3. To compensate, make up for. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 3 Two advantages..indemnified this defect.

Derivatives

inˈdemnified adj.
ΚΠ
1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. iii. 415 I am doing my best to repay this country for the protection which it has given me against our indemnified tyrants.
inˈdemnifying adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > legally liable > exempt from specific liability > securing exemption
indemnifying1769
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xi. 143 There is the like indemnifying clause, in case any of the mob be..killed in the endeavour to disperse them.
inˈdemnifier n. one who indemnifies.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > one who or that which compensates
indemnificator1827
indemnifier1882
compensator1888
1882 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 7 339 The amount which the indemnifier is bound to pay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

indemnifyv.2

Forms: Also endemnify.
Etymology: < in- prefix3 + damnify v., with vowel assimilated to indemn adj.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hurt, harm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to
werdec725
wema1000
evilc1000
harmc1000
hinderc1000
teenOE
scathec1175
illc1220
to wait (one) scathec1275
to have (…) wrong1303
annoya1325
grievec1330
wrong1390
to do violence to (also unto)a1393
mischievea1393
damagea1400
annulc1425
trespass1427
mischief1437
poisonc1450
injurea1492
damnify1512
prejudge1531
misfease1571
indemnify1583
bane1601
debauch1633
lese1678
empoison1780
misguggle1814
nobble1860
strafe1915
to dick up1951
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing
werdec725
wemc900
forworkOE
evilc1000
teenOE
grievec1230
misdoc1230
mischievec1325
shond1338
endamagec1374
unrighta1393
damagea1400
disvail14..
disavail1429
mischief1437
outrayc1440
prejudice1447
abuse?1473
injuryc1484
danger1488
prejudicate1553
damnify?a1562
wrack1562
inviolate1569
mislestc1573
indemnify1583
qualify1584
interess1587
buse1589
violence1592
injure1597
bane1601
envya1625
prejudiciala1637
founder1655
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 63 a He..did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified.
1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard E ij What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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