INDEMNIFY

indemnify (in-dem-n[schwa]-fI), vb. 1. To reimburse (another) for a loss suffered because of a third party’s or one’s own act or default. [Cases: Indemnity 20–84.] 2. To promise to reimburse (another) for such a loss. [Cases: Indemnity 25.] 3. To give (another) security against such a loss. — indemnifiable, adj.