damnify Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dam"ni*fy transitive verb

Etymology

LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.

Definitions

1. To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. R.

   This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.