Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damages}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Damaging}.] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, n.]
   To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to
   hurt; to injure; to impair.

         He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a
         broadside, with which he killed many of his men and
         damaged the ship.                        --Clarendon.

Damage \Dam"age\, n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr.
   assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.]
   1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an
      inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

            He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
            cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
                                                  xxvi. 6.

            Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of
            a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage
            both of their fame and fortune.       --Bacon.

   2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment
      or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or
      satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually
      done to him by another.

   Note: In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of
         damages.

   {Consequential damage}. See under {Consequential}.

   {Exemplary damages} (Law), damages imposed by way of example
      to others.

   {Nominal damages} (Law), those given for a violation of a
      right where no actual loss has accrued.

   {Vindictive damages}, those given specially for the
      punishment of the wrongdoer.

   Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
        {Mischief}.

Damage \Dam"age\, v. i.
   To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in
   soudness or value; as. some colors in ?oth damage in
   sunlight.

Source : WordNet®

damage
     n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: {harm}, {impairment}]
     2: loss of military equipment [syn: {equipment casualty}]
     3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: {harm}, {hurt},
         {scathe}]
     4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price
        of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms";
        "how much is the damage?" [syn: {price}, {terms}]
     5: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a
        legal right [syn: {wrong}, {legal injury}]

damage
     v : inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She
         damaged the car when she hit the tree"