endanger
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
endanger (endangers, present participle endangering; past and past participle endangered)
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
- I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not
- All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.
- 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs
- If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
- (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
- He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles
- See also Thesaurus:endanger
- French: compromettre
- German: gefährden
- Italian: rischiare, compromettere, mettere in pericolo
- Russian: подверга́ть опасность
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