Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Exposure or vulnerability to harm or risk.
- noun A source or an instance of risk or peril.
- noun Obsolete Power, especially power to harm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put in hazard; expose to loss or injury; endanger.
- noun Power; jurisdiction; domain; hence, ability to mulct or injure: as, to come within his danger.
- noun Peril; risk; hazard; exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil: as, there is no danger.
- noun Reserve; doubt; hesitation; difficulty; resistance.
- noun Chariness; sparingness; stint.
- noun Injury; harm; damage.
- noun In old forest-law, a duty paid by a tenant to a lord for leave to plow and sow in the time of pannage or mast-feeding. Also
leave-silver . - noun Synonyms Danger, Peril, Jeopardy, insecurity. Danger is the generic word, and is freely used for exposure of all degrees of seriousness: as, to be in danger of catching cold or of being killed. Peril represents a serious matter, a great and imminent danger. Jeopardy is less common; it has essentially the same meaning as peril. See
risk , n.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To endanger.
- noun obsolete Authority; jurisdiction; control.
- noun obsolete Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
- noun Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
- noun obsolete Difficulty; sparingness.
- noun obsolete Coyness; disdainful behavior.
- noun in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, “Out of debt out of
danger .” - noun [Obs.] to cause danger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Ability to
harm ; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below. - noun obsolete
Liability . - noun obsolete Difficulty; sparingness.
- noun obsolete Coyness; disdainful behavior.
- noun obsolete A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
- noun Exposure to liable
harm . - noun An instance or cause of liable harm.
- noun Mischief.
- verb obsolete To claim liability.
- verb obsolete To imperil; to
endanger . - verb obsolete To run the risk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- noun the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
- noun a dangerous place
- noun a cause of pain or injury or loss
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Madison anticipated this precise danger from Slavery, and upheld this precise grant of power in order to counteract this danger_.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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"The danger isn't the point -- _it's the fear of danger_," said Darrow.
The Sign at Six Stewart Edward White 1909
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There was danger to this country, danger of the avenging justice of God, in that little unimportant Popular Sovereignty question of Judge Douglas.
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Cornplanter, their most experienced warrior, should not leave them; but that a sufficient deputation, for which they had obtained volunteers, should accompany Col. Proctor, at the same time advising him of the danger, admonishing him to proceed with caution; "_to reach his neck over the land, and take in all the light he could, that would show him his danger_."
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 John Niles Hubbard 1856
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That the Government was however determined, and so were all the Departments, that this should never happen again; no doubt the danger from the Socialists was great, all over the world; that _that_ was the _real danger_, and that they would readily make another attempt like the fearful one in June (the result of which for three days was uncertain), but that they had not the power; that he was continually impressing upon all his friends in France the necessity of supporting _whatever_ form of Government there was _whose object_ was the _maintenance of order_, and to unite "contre cet ennemi commun."
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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"Contrariwise, those private individuals who expose themselves to danger without any legitimate excuse run great risk of tempting God and losing His grace; since it is written that _he that loveth danger_ (still more he that seeketh it) _shall perish in it_." [
The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Jean Pierre Camus 1618
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The term "danger play" is less frequently found in the literature; it refers to a manoeuvre that guards against an unlikely distribution but loses a vital trick if the lie of cards is more or less normal.
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But putting other people in danger is an entirely different matter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010
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But putting other people in danger is an entirely different matter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010
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He feels that he is in danger from the animal/men and from Dr. Moreau himself and does not know where to turn.
moore4th commented on the word danger
He said, ''danger was near''.
February 15, 2007
moore4th commented on the word danger
In harms way.
February 15, 2007
moore4th commented on the word danger
it is dangers out side
February 15, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word danger
Google hits indexed.
December 24, 2008
madmouth commented on the word danger
once upon a time, it was daunger.
June 12, 2009