Deeper Dive: harm
Harm
, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed (härmd); 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.
Harm
" (härm), 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. çrama 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.
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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