English▸ verb
( damnifies, damnifying, damnified)
[with object] English law rare cause injury to: Article 86 gives rise to a cause of action at the suit of a person damnified by its contravention.
– ORIGIN early 16th century: from Old French damnefier, dam(p)nifier, from late Latin damnificare ‘injure, condemn’, from Latin damnificus ‘hurtful’, from damnus ‘loss, damage’.