indemnify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: indemnify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for indemnify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indemnify v secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness" make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Synonym(s): compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indemnify \Indem"nify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indemnified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indemnifying}.] [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. {Damn}, {Damnify}.] 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.