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endanger

verb
/ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/US/ɛnˈdeɪndʒə/UK

Etymology

From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.

  1. derived from dominus
  2. derived from *dominārium✻
  3. derived from dangier
  4. derived from daunger
  5. prefixed as endanger — “en + danger”

Definitions

  1. To put (someone or something) in danger

    To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.

    • 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.

  2. To incur the hazard of

    To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

    • He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.

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Derived

endangerable, endangerer, endangerment

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA