Dan"ger , v. t. To endanger. [Obs.]
Shak.
Dan"ger (?), n. [OE.
danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr.
OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium
power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]
1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]
In dangerhad he . . . the
young girls.
Chaucer.
2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below.
You stand within his danger, do you not?
Shak. Covetousness
of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute.
Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
4.
Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
In one's danger, 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."
Those rich man in whose
debt and danger they be not.
Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. -- Danger,
Peril, Hazard,
Risk, Jeopardy. Danger
is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life.
Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our
control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a
contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards
of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.
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