To: lepton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Harm \Harm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Harming.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n.]
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
Though yet he never harmed me. --Shak.
No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean
me ill or seek to harm. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Harm \Harm\, n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm,
G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav.
& Russ. sram' shame, Skr. crama toil, fatigue.]
1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms.
--Shak.
Syn: Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 :
harm
n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, trauma]
2: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, impairment]
3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, hurt,
scathe]
v : cause or do harm to
221 posted on
12/07/2002 7:56:39 PM PST by
Karsus
To: Karsus
Uh-huh. Now apply it, and draw your line.
244 posted on
12/09/2002 7:22:44 AM PST by
lepton
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