indemnify /ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ verb3 •To secure against loss or damage; to insure.The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out. — 1670 •To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower. — 1906 •(no longer used, rare) to hurt, to harmHe... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified. — 1583 formsindemnified · indemnifying · indemnifies · indemnifieth