单词 | indemnify |
释义 | indemnifyv.1 1. transitive. To preserve, protect, or keep free from, secure against (any hurt, harm, or loss); to secure against legal responsibility for past or future actions or events; to give an indemnity to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > against or from something secure1596 indemnify1611 indemnize1611 free1613 retain1661 ensure1692 guaranty1732 insure1825 society > law > legal obligation > put under legal obligation [verb (transitive)] > secure against liability indemnify1611 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > secure against loss or penalty indemnify1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Indemniser, to..indamnifie. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋217 Save harmles and keep indempnified. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 153 An Asylum, to which any of them flying remain'd indemnified for whatever Delict committed. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iv. 21 Why must the rest of the Tradesmen be..indemnified from Charges..? 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xi. 142 The fact indemnified the peace officers and their assistants, if they killed any of the mob in endeavouring to suppress such riot. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 554 An Act..providing that, if Cook would make..a true and full discovery, he should be indemnified for the crimes which he might confess. 1870 Standard 12 Nov. On entering into partnership in 1860 he was indemnified against liability on previously overdrawn accounts. 1884 J. Rae Contemp. Socialism 376 A sound system of working class insurance must be devised, which shall indemnify them against all the accidents and reverses of life. 2. a. To compensate (a person, etc.) for loss suffered, expenses incurred, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > for an offence or loss assythc1375 compense1393 countervail1393 recompense1430 reprisal1668 indemnify1693 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iii. 2 That they who formerly possessed Employments, should be indempnified for the Loss of their Posts. 1771 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 226 The plunder of the countries they invaded served to indemnify them for what they had expended in equipping themselves for the service. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia xx. 377 It was left to the Sultan to indemnify his vassals for their loss. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. i. 5 [They] indemnified themselves for the non payment of their salaries by killing the deer for sale and for their own subsistence. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 395 They..indemnified themselves by extortions from their unhappy subjects. b. To compensate for disadvantages, annoyances, hardships, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > disadvantages, annoyances, or hardships indemnify1706 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 121 You ought to indemnify others for the Uneasiness you give them. 1766 E. Burke Let. Aug. in Corr. (1958) I. 268 This is one way of indemnifying one's self for the plainness of one's habit. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxv. 376 The high price of provisions indemnifies the cultivator for the hard life. 1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) xiv. 171 However long and dreary may be the winter, we are always indemnified by the spring. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. iii. 40 She somehow appeared..to indemnify herself for her privations. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 3 Two advantages..indemnified this defect. Derivatives inˈdemnified adj. ΚΠ 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. iii. 415 I am doing my best to repay this country for the protection which it has given me against our indemnified tyrants. inˈdemnifying adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > legally liable > exempt from specific liability > securing exemption indemnifying1769 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xi. 143 There is the like indemnifying clause, in case any of the mob be..killed in the endeavour to disperse them. inˈdemnifier n. one who indemnifies. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > one who or that which compensates indemnificator1827 indemnifier1882 compensator1888 1882 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 7 339 The amount which the indemnifier is bound to pay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † indemnifyv.2 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To hurt, harm. 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 > 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 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 63 a He..did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard E ij What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.11611v.21583 |
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