Indemnify

INDEM'NIFY, v.t. [in and damnify; L. damnificus; damnum, loss.]
1. To save harmless; to secure against loss, damage or penalty.
2. To make good; to reimburse to one what he has lost. We indemnify a man, by giving sufficient security to make good a future loss, or by actual reimbursement of loss, after it has occurred.

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