verb
- to cause loss or damage to; to injure
Usage: archaic; legal
Examples
- The flood will damnify the crops in the valley.
- The contract stated that neither party should damnify the other.
- His reckless actions could damnify the company’s reputation.
- The court ruled that the defendant’s conduct did damnify the plaintiff.
- Ancient laws protected citizens from being damnified by their neighbors.