The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indemnify \In*dem"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indemnified; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying.] [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. Damn, Damnify.]
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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. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.
--Beattie.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of indemnify English)
Usage examples of "indemnifying".
Through the same delicacy as our own she did not avail herself of the facility offered to her of indemnifying her creditors with assignats.
You want me to sign something indemnifying the authorities in case I scratch myself?