endanger
verbUS /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ · UK /ɛnˈdeɪndʒə/
Etymology From en- + danger. Displaced native Old English frēcnian.
1
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 notc. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:
2 more examples
- 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.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
2
Obsolete To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
- He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- endanger, fraise, imperil, jeopardise, threaten
- Derived terms
- endangerable, endangerer, endangerment