† injuren.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
By-form of injury n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun]
loathc900
harmOE
teenOE
griefc1330
injurec1374
injuryc1384
truitc1390
spitea1400
wrethec1400
supprise1442
trouble1463
damage1470
objectionc1475
interess1489
tort1532
mishanter1754
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun]
loathc900
teenOE
ungrithlOE
wemming1100
waningc1175
wrongc1275
prejudicec1300
derea1325
torferc1325
eviltyc1330
griefc1330
wem1338
injurec1374
truitc1390
noyinga1398
inconvenience14..
nocument?a1425
outraya1425
injuryc1430
mischieving1432
supprise1442
incommodityc1450
interess1489
grudge1491
tort1532
wreaka1542
impeachment1548
inconveniency1553
indemnity1556
interestc1575
abuse1595
mischievance1600
oblesion1656
grit1876
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 969 (1018) O Auctor of nature, Is þis an honour to þi deite, That folk vngiltyf suffren here Iniure.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 980 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 251 Þai..went to þe emperoure, to plenȝe apone þare fadir Iniure.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 62 Be iust and ioyus, and do to none iniure.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 921 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 123 All ye fowlis..plenȝeit to natur Of yis Intollerable Iniure.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 101 Thay ar persuadet that..slauchtir and sik iniures be the lawe of God [be] forbidne.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 339 (margin) He remittis the iniuir done against him.
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injurev.
/ˈɪn(d)ʒə/, U.S. /ˈɪndʒər/ 1. transitive. To do injustice or wrong to (a person); to wrong.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > harm, injure, or commit offence against [verb (transitive)]
misdoc1230
forworkc1275
wrongc1330
to do (one) spite or a spitec1380
to commit (also do, make) an offencec1384
offenda1387
unrighta1393
to do disease toc1400
injuryc1484
offence1512
misfease1571
watcha1586
injure1597
envya1625
disserve1637
hinder1639
disservice1837
serve1887
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
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > act unjustly to [verb (transitive)]
to do (…) wrongc1220
wrongc1330
malign1432
injuryc1484
injure1597
to fuck over1961
to screw over1968
dork1969
to dick over1991
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [verb (transitive)] > treat
wrongc1330
injuryc1484
injure1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 67 I doe protest I neuer iniured [1623 iniur'd] thee. View more context for this quotation
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 56 When haue I iniured [1623 iniur'd] thee, when done thee wrong. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Gal. iv. 12 I am as ye are, ye haue not iniured me at all. View more context for this quotation
1693 T. Creech tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. 267 Exalted Socrates! Divinely brave! Injur'd He fell, and dying He forgave.
1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 2 The Wretch, guilty of such Baseness, injures himself, more than Thee.
1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. (1875) ii. 494 Can one be injured voluntarily? It seems not, for what a man consents to is not injury. Nor can a person injure himself.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [verb (transitive)]
heanc950
to say or speak (one) shamec950
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
affrontc1330
dispersona1400
to say language against1423
insautc1425
contumely1483
cag1504
to put (a person) to villainya1513
fuffle1536
to bring, drive to scorn1569
ascorn1570
affrent1578
injure?a1600
insult1620
to put a scorn on, upon1633
upbraid1665
topa1700
chopse1854
burn1914
rank1934
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
teleeOE
sayOE
to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000
belie?c1225
betell?c1225
missayc1225
skandera1300
disclanderc1300
wrenchc1300
bewrayc1330
bite1330
gothele1340
slanderc1340
deprave1362
hinderc1375
backbite1382
blasphemec1386
afamec1390
fame1393
to blow up?a1400
defamea1400
noise1425
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
malignc1450
to speak villainy of1470
infame1483
injury1484
painta1522
malicea1526
denigrate1526
disfamea1533
misreporta1535
sugill?1539
dishonest?c1550
calumniate1554
scandalize1566
ill1577
blaze1579
traduce1581
misspeak1582
blot1583
abuse1592
wronga1596
infamonize1598
vilify1598
injure?a1600
forspeak1601
libel1602
infamize1605
belibel1606
calumnize1606
besquirt1611
colly1615
scandala1616
bedirt1622
soil1641
disfigurea1643
sycophant1642
spatter1645
sugillate1647
bespattera1652
bedung1655
asperse1656
mischieve1656
opprobriatea1657
reflect1661
dehonestate1663
carbonify1792
defamate1810
mouth1810
foul-mouth1822
lynch1836
rot1890
calumny1895
ding1903
bad-talk1938
norate1938
bad-mouth1941
monster1967
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 361 He was stubburne in his talk; Iniurit the elders.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxx. 105 These prisoners..outragiously defie, and injure them [sc. their keepers].
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxv. 115 The Bunsellers or Cake-bakers..did injure them most outragiously, calling them pratling gablers, lickorous gluttons.
3. absolute.a1699 W. Temple Ess. Different Conditions of Life in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 296 They injure by Chance, in a Crowd sometimes, and without Design; then hate always, whom they have once injured.
a. To do hurt or harm to; to inflict damage or detriment upon; to hurt, harm, damage; to impair in any way.
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 > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease
mislikeeOE
ofthinkeOE
misquemeOE
likec1175
forthinka1225
mispay?c1225
annoyc1300
there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300
unpay1340
offenda1382
to be displeasedc1386
to step or tread on the toes ofc1394
mispleasea1400
unlikea1425
edgec1450
injurea1492
discontenta1513
disdain1530
to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535
displeasure1541
mis-set?1553
dislike1578
to tread on any one's heels or toes1710
flisk1792
unentrance1834
to tread on any one's cornsa1855
umbragea1894
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lxvi. f. cxv/1 He was euyll content wyth hym, estemyng to be eniuryed bi the wordes aforesayd.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. K5v That shee..can become therein forcible or lesse iniured.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 9 I would not be thy executioner, I flye thee, for I would not iniure thee. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. x. sig. Pp3 You will not suffer your charity too much to injure your judgment.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1057 Least Cold Or Heat should injure us, his timely care Hath unbesaught provided. View more context for this quotation
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lviii. 260 I should be sorry to injure the character of a man.
1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 232 I am afraid they will injure their healths.
1859 Engineer VII. 282 Of the cases of injury from causes beyond the passengers' own control, all but twenty-seven were occasioned by collisions between trains, and mostly great numbers were injured at once.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 159 He had..injured himself in crossing the Gemmi.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 22 When the eyeball..is injured by the fist, it is always by a blow aimed from beneath.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To become injured, to receive injury.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [verb (intransitive)] > be damaged
to do for ——a1475
suffer1609
damnify1712
damage1821
injure1848
1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 i. 22 The hay being found to injure more rapidly after it has been opened.
Derivatives
ˈinjuring n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]
litherc893
scathefulc900
balefulOE
orneOE
teenfulOE
evilc1175
venomousc1290
scathela1300
prejudiciala1325
fell?c1335
harmfula1340
grievous1340
ill1340
wicked1340
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
mischievousc1390
unwholesomea1400
undisposingc1400
damnablec1420
prejudiciable1429
contagiousc1440
damagefulc1449
pestiferous1458
damageable1474
pestilent?a1475
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
pestilential1531
tortious1532
pestilentious1533
nocive1538
offensivea1548
vitiating1547
dangerous1548
offending1552
dispendious1557
injurious1559
offensible1575
offensant1578
baneful1579
incommodious1579
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
inimicous1598
damnifiable1604
taking1608
obnoxious1612
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
nocumentous1644
disserviceable1645
inimical1645
detrimentous1648
injuring1651
detrimental1656
inimicitial1656
nocumental1657
incommodous1677
fatal1681
inimic1696
nociferous1706
damnific1727
inimicable1805
violational1821
insalutary1836
detrimentary1841
wronging1845
unsalvatory1850
damaging1856
damnous1870
wack1986
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful action > [noun]
illingc1220
wrake13..
violenta1382
damaginga1400
harminga1400
spitea1400
offendinga1425
deringc1540
disservice1599
damagement1603
violencing1612
damnificationa1631
injuring1651
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun] > action
offendinga1425
ailingc1540
disservice1599
injuring1651
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [adjective]
wrongfulc1325
wrongous1357
injuriousa1513
tortious1532
offendent1547
wronging1845
injuring1877
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §4. 38 An injury can be done to no man but him with whom we enter Covenant..and therefore damaging and injuring are often disjoyn'd.
1877 F. J. Furnivall Leopold Shakspere 91 So injured friend forgiving meets injuring friend forgiven.
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