injure

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English

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Etymology

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A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (injustice; wrong; offense), from in- (not) + iūs, iūris (right, law).

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Verb

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injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

  1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
    The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
    I injured my ankle playing tennis.
  2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
  3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.

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Noun

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injure f (plural injures)

  1. offense, insult
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Latin

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Adjective

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injūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of injūrus