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Endanger

//ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. transitive

    "I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not"

  2. 2
    put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position wordnet
  3. 3
    To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of. obsolete, transitive

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

  4. 4
    pose a threat to; present a danger to wordnet

Etymology

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

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