endamage

American  

[en-dam-ij] / ɛnˈdæm ɪdʒ /

verb (used with object)

endamaged, endamaging

1. to damage.

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endamage British  

/ ɛnˈdæmɪdʒ /

verb

1. (tr) to cause injury to; damage

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Other Word Forms

• endamagement
  noun

Etymology

Origin of endamage

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French; see en- ¹, damage

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

endamage endamaged endamaging

And now there rests no other shift but this; To gather our soldiers, scatter'd and dispersed, And lay new platforms to endamage them.

From King Henry VI, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

None shall fire upon any ship of the enemy that is laid aboard by any of our own ships, but so that he may be sure he endamage not his friend.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)

Where your good word cannot advantage him, Your slander never can endamage him; Therefore the office is indifferent, 45 Being entreated to it by your friend.

From Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

And as for the stay of the merchants with their goods, it was the king's pleasure, but not with intent to endamage any man.

From Drake's Great Armada by Bigges, Walter

None shall fire upon the ships of the enemy's that are laid on board by any of his majesty's ships, but so as he may be sure he do not endamage his friend.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)

Of a verity," said Sir Thomas, "an I have endamaged thy ruff I will pay thy laundress coin wherewith to re-stiffen it.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

Or how is he above being endamaged, when he is so cautious lest he be wronged of his recompense?

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

If you prosecute, the right course is certainly that of information in the King's Bench; for it would be most unseemly to allege that your character has really been endamaged by such ribaldry.

From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

For no man is wronged who is not endamaged.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

It chrusheth also and consumeth the bones without wounding or endamaging the flesh wherewith they are veiled and covered.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony