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English Dictionary: Harm by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harm
n
  1. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
    Synonym(s): injury, hurt, harm, trauma
  2. the occurrence of a change for the worse
    Synonym(s): damage, harm, impairment
  3. the act of damaging something or someone
    Synonym(s): damage, harm, hurt, scathe
v
  1. cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harm \Harm\, n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm,
      G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav.
      & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. crama toil, fatigue.]
      1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  
      2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  
                     We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Syn: Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See {Mischief}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harm \Harm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Harming}.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See {Harm}, n.]
      To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
  
               Though yet he never harmed me.               --Shak.
  
               No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean
               me ill or seek to harm.                           --Milton.
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