[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

damnify \dam"nify\ da^m"ni^fimac, v. t. ll.
   damnificare, fr. l. damnificus: cf. of. damnefier. see
   damnific.
   to cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. r.
   1913 webster

         this work will ask as many more officials to make
         expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of
         learning be not damnified.               --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
damnific 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

damnify. to cause damage, injury or loss.

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