Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-DEM'NI-FY, 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.