English → Latin
“damnify” in Latin
damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, condīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,importōto bring, carry or convey into; bring in from abroad, import; to introduce; to bring about, cause
The English word damnify itself goes back to Latin damnĭfĭco.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
damnify
damno or detrimento esse; obesse officere: officere et obstare: damnum inferre; detrimentum afferre, inferre, or importare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for damnify?
- The usual Latin words for “damnify” are damnō, īnferō, importō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.