\Dam"ni*fy\ (d[a^]m"n[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [LL.
damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See
{Damnific}.]
To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.]
      This work will ask as many more officials to make
      expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of
      learning be not damnified.               --Milton.