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noun

Danger n.

1.

Authority; jurisdiction; control. (Obs.) "In dangerhad he... the young girls."

2.

Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. (Obs.) See In one's danger, below. "You stand within his danger, do you not?" "Covetousness of gains hath brought (them) in dangerof this statute."

3.

Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.

4.

Difficulty; sparingness. (Obs.)

5.

Coyness; disdainful behavior. (Obs.)

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."

To do danger, to cause danger. (Obs.)

Synonyms: 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.

verb

Danger v. t. To endanger. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Danger'

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"Danger" Quotes from Famous Books

... of both these generals. He had shown himself one of the ablest officers in the American army, he was especially skilful in getting good work out of raw troops, and he was a great favourite with his men. On hearing of the danger of Fort Stanwix, Schuyler sent him to the rescue, with 1200 men. When he was within twenty miles of that stronghold, he contrived, with the aid of some friendly Oneidas and a Tory captive whose life he spared for the purpose, to send on before him exaggerated reports of the ...

— The War of Independence • John Fiske

... the Spider, scowling, "bo, when I get a call t' free food with a guy like you, danger gets lost in th' shuffle an' forgotten—I'll be there. Now here's your bean cover—catch! S' long!" And nodding, Spider promptly ...

— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol

... sense of duty, prompted him to the step; and though he knew that in so doing he would leave his wife deprived of her natural protector, and subject to privations, he thought, and with every right, that those who remained at home would shield a soldier's wife from danger, and he trusted on the means at his disposal to keep her from penury and destitution. After making preparation for his wife and children, he bade them adieu, as I have described already, and departed for ...

— The Trials of the Soldier's Wife - A Tale of the Second American Revolution • Alex St. Clair Abrams

... several minutes. Raven was keeping desperate clutch on the inner self lashed by his hurrying heart, and telling it there was no danger of his saying any of the things it was hounding him on to say. He wanted to break out ...

— Old Crow • Alice Brown

... in her face, she emitted a glance, a lightning flash from her eyes, by which the two women felt their consciences pierced; they remembered that they were the ones who had placed her and kept her in that den, and had exposed her to the danger, nay, had almost forced ...

— Germinie Lacerteux • Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

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