*damnify*

v. t. [ LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific. ] To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]