harming

Harm, n. — Webster enters it under “harm”

Etymology: [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.

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Harm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harming.]

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.

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Fernald has no entry of its own for harming; he lists it under amiable.

Where he writes about it:

It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. — from abuse

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