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

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)

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)

There neuer medled any power with theim, that was able to conquers theim: or muche to endamage them.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

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