endanger

Etymology

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

verb

  1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
    All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England
    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.
    As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon. January 12 2022, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.

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