Indemnify
(In*dem"ni*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indemnified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying ] [L. indemnis
unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. Damn, Damnify.]
1. To save harmless; 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.
Sir W. Temple. 2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.
Beattie.
Indemnity
(In*dem"ni*ty) n.; pl. Indemnities [L. indemnitas, fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnité.
See Indemnify.]
1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the
punishment of past offenses; amnesty.
Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed.
Sir W. Scott. 2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended
wrongs.
Ld. Mahon. Insurance is a contract of indemnity. Arnould. The owner of private property taken for public use is
entitled to compensation or indemnity. Kent.
Act of indemnity (Law), an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station,
from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers,
in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes
provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting
from some public measure.
Indemonstrability
(In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being indemonstrable.
Indemonstrable
(In`de*mon"stra*ble) a. [L. indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and Demonstrable.] Incapable
of being demonstrated. — In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness, n.
Indenization
(In*den`i*za"tion) n. The act of naturalizing; endenization. [R.] Evelyn.
Indenize
(In*den"ize) v. t. To naturalize. [R.]
Indenizen
(In*den"i*zen) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indenizened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenizening.] To invest
with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.]
Words indenizened, and commonly used as English.
B. Jonson. Indent
(In*dent") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit
in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.]
1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax
with a stamp.
3. [Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a
young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
